#4950· Kintetsu 23000
Kintetsu 23000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1994· electric multiple unit train type operated in Japan by Kintetsu Corporation since 1994
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kintetsu23000Series01: Kansai explorer }· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Kintetsu23000 renewal red color: Fumon1987a· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Kintetsu 23000 Ise-Shima Liner & Kintetsu 21000 Urban Liner at Iga-Kambe Station: nobu3withfoxy· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Kintetsu 23000 series at Osaka-Namba Station: jetsun· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Kintetsu Toba Line 23000 series 20100105: Xjm91587· Public domain
- 6. KINTETSU23000 20131026A: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. KINTETSU23000 20140124A: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. KINTETSU23000 20140424A: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. KINTETSU23000 F-B: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. KINTETSU23000 ISLマーク: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Kintetsu 23000 series (近鉄23000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated in Japan by Kintetsu Railway since 1994.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 3.2 MW is about 38 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 41 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 124 m long: about 28 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 32 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- status
- in service
- number built
- 36
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 3.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead line
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 124 m
- weight
- 244 t
- Dutch name
- Kintetsu 23000
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11639029, Wikipedia: Kintetsu 23000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.