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Yokohama Municipal Subway 4000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 2022· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Yokohama-Subway Series4000-4661: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Doors of a Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line 4000 series train: 延岡· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Yokohama Municipal Subway 4000 series (横浜市交通局4000形) is a metro electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Yokohama City Transportation Bureau on the Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line in Japan since 2022.
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 4 years ago, in 2022.
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 109 m long: about 24 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 766: 15 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2022
- in service from
- 2022
- status
- in service
- number built
- 6
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Transportation Bureau, City of Yokohama
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 22+BoBo+BoBo+BoBo+BoBo+22
- formation
- 6-car sets, Tc1–M2–M3–M4–M5–Tc6
- length
- 109 m
- capacity
- 766 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q110960859, Wikipedia: Yokohama Municipal Subway 4000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.