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Kintetsu 3000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1979· electric multiple unit train type operated by Kintetsu in Japan from 1979 until 2012
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kintetsu-3000 001 JPN: ignis· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Kintetsu 23000 series Ise Shima Liner and 3000 series commuter train at Saidaiji Station 2011-07-09: Norihiro Kataoka from Japan· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Kintetsu 3000 series (近鉄3000系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by 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 47 years ago, in 1979.
- 20.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 33 years (1979–2012).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1979
- in service from
- 1979
- retired
- 2012
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- 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
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11639035, Wikipedia: Kintetsu 3000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.