#5047· TWR 70-000 type
TWR 70-000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1996· Japanese train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Rinkai-line Series70-000 70-030: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Rinkai70000: archive 2025 ark· CC0
- 3. TWR 70-050 Osaki 20021228 (1): DAJF This photo was taken with Sony DSC-F707· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. 70-000 series set 7 Kawagoe Line 20140511: elminium· CC BY 2.0
- 5. JR East 209 series and TWR 70-000 series in Kawagoe depot 20171014: Cfktj1596· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. TWR 70-000 "Odaiba-Densha": Kirin7739· CC0
- 7. Twr 70-000 20120407 nakaurawastation: Chabata k· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. TWR 70-000 information LCD: 特急スカイツリートレイン· CC0
- 9. TWR 70-000 saikyo Line 20130615: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. TWR 70-000 security camera: 特急スカイツリートレイン· CC0
what is it?
The Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit 70-000 series (東京臨海高速鉄道70-000形) is a DC commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated in the Tokyo area of Japan by the Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit. The train was built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and first entered revenue service in 1996. Its design is based on the 209 series.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 30 years ago, in 1996.
- 201 m long: about 45 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 30 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1996
- in service from
- 1996
- status
- in service
- number built
- 86
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Rinkai Line, Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- formation
- 10 cars per trainset
- length
- 201 m
- Dutch name
- TWR 70-000 type
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q859810, Wikipedia: TWR 70-000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.