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Kintetsu 1400 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1981· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kintetsu1400Series02: User:Kansai explorer· CC BY 2.5
- 2. Kintetsu-1400-1407F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Kintetsu 1400 series 1508F crossing Yamato River, Kashiwara, Osaka pref 2017-09-20 (28179412659): m-louis .® from Osaka, Japan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Kintetsu 1400: ちょろ· Public domain
- 5. Kintetsu1400Series01: Kansai explorer· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Kintetsu 1400 series (近鉄1400系, Kintetsu 1400-kei) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway since 1981 on many of its commuter lines in the Kansai area of Japan.
who runs it
fun facts
- First built 45 years ago, in 1981.
- 20.7 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 45 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1981
- in service from
- 1981
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- electric system
- (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 2 cars per 1201/6600 series set, 3 cars per 2050 series set, 4 cars per 1200/1400 series set
- length
- 20.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11639014, Wikipedia: Kintetsu 1400 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.