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Kintetsu 1A and 1B series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 2026· Japanese electric multiple unit train types
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kintetsu 1A series between Shuntokumichi and Nagase: さりと· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Kintetsu 1A series and 1B series (Japanese: 近鉄1A系・1B系) are commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train types on order by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway in Japan.
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 0 years ago, in 2026.
- 20.7 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2026
- in service from
- 2026
- status
- in service
- number built
- 16
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- electric system
- (overhead line)
- formation
- 4 cars per 1A series set, 3 cars per 1B series set
- length
- 20.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q137710348, Wikipedia: Kintetsu 1A and 1B series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.