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Fukuoka Subway 1000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1981· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Fukuoka-City-Subway-Series1000-10F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 2014-08-31 Fukuoka Subway 1000 series at Hakata Station: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Fukuoka City Subway Airport Line 1000 Series EMU: G43· CC BY 3.0
- 4. Fukuoka-City-Subway-1000-12-20190721: TRR2000· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. FUKUOKACITY SUBWAY 1000 001: selection· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. FUKUOKACITY SUBWAY 1000 002: selection· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Fukuoka Subway 1000 series (福岡市交通局1000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau on the Hakozaki Line and Airport Line in Fukuoka, Japan. The trains also inter-run to/from the Chikuhi Line, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 854: 17 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1981
- in service from
- 1981
- number built
- 108
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Hitachi
- operators
- Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- capacity
- 854 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5366034, Wikipedia: Fukuoka Subway 1000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.