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Yokohama Municipal Subway 10000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 2008· Japanese train type
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Yokohama-City-Subway 10121 6cars: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Yokohama-City-Subway 10121: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. LCD information board of Yokohama Municipal Subway 10000: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Yokohama Subway 10000 series 01: Σ64· CC BY 3.0
- 5. Yokohama-municipal-subway-10000-11th-unit-20080409: LERK· CC BY 3.0
- 6. Yokohama-municipal-subway-10000-5th-unit-20080409: LERK· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Yokohama Municipal Subway 10000 series (横浜市交通局10000形) is a linear motor-powered electric multiple unit (EMU) operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway on the Green Line since March 2008.
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 18 years ago, in 2008.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 63.2 m long: about 14 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 136: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2008
- in service from
- 2008
- number built
- 17
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Yokohama Municipal Subway
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 4/6 cars per trainset
- length
- 63.2 m
- weight
- 105 t
- capacity
- 136 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5363087, Wikipedia: Yokohama Municipal Subway 10000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.