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Kintetsu 30000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1978· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. KINTETSU30000 20140204A: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Kintetsu Series30000 Vistacar-6614: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 3. KINTETSU30000(R) PASSENGER COMPARTMENTS 2: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. KINTETSU30000(R) PASSENGER COMPARTMENTS 3: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. KINTETSU30000(R) PASSENGER COMPARTMENTS 5: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Kintetsu 30000 Series 1F: ちょろ ( talk )· CC BY 3.0
- 7. Hanshin 9000&Kintetsu 30000 VISTER CAR (17111557677): nobu3withfoxy from Iga,Mie, Japan· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Kintetsu 22600 series+30000 series at Tsuruhashi Station 2019-11-17 (49925607026): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Kintetsu 30000 Series 30209 23-09-2024: BWard 1997· CC BY 4.0
- 10. Kintetsu 30000 series at Kintetsu-Nara Station 2011-06-02: Suzumiya Haruka· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Kintetsu 30000 series (近鉄30000系, Kintetsu 30000-kei) is a limited express electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Kintetsu Railway since 1978.
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 48 years ago, in 1978.
- Still in service after 48 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1978
- in service from
- 1978
- status
- in service
- number built
- 60
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead line
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11639034, Wikipedia: Kintetsu 30000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
