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Kintetsu 21000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1988· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. KINTETSU21000 20131028A: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. KINTETSU21000 20131029A: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. Kintetsu 21000 & Kintetsu 2410 2413(W13) at Yamato-Yagi Station: nobu3withfoxy· CC BY 2.0
  4. 4. Kintetsu 21000 series at Tsuruhashi Station 2019-11-17 (49925076618): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. Kintetsu 21000 series Urban Liner plus at Osaka-Namba (001) 2024-07-25: LMP 2001· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. Kintetsu 23000 Ise-Shima Liner & Kintetsu 21000 Urban Liner at Iga-Kambe Station: nobu3withfoxy· CC BY 2.0
  7. 7. KINTETSU21000 20131108C: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. KINTETSU21000 20131108G: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
  9. 9. KINTETSU21000 20140101A: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. KINTETSU21000 20141120A: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 4.0
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Kintetsu 21000 series, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Kintetsu 21000 series (Japanese: 近鉄21000系電車) is a limited express train type operated by Kintetsu Railway. Their nickname is Urban Liner plus. It received the Good Design Award in 1988 and it received the Blue Ribbon Award in 1989.

who runs it

Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.

base stats

  • built 72made in total

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 38 years ago, in 1988.
  • 21.2 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Still in service after 38 years.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1988
in service from
1988
status
in service
number built
72
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Kinki Sharyo
operators
Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
1,500 V DC, overhead lines
formation
6 or 8 cars per trainset
length
21.2 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q11639025, Wikipedia: Kintetsu 21000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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