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Kintetsu 50000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 2013· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. KINTETSU50000 1: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. KINTETSU50000 COMPARTMENTS2: Oka21000 ( talk · contribs )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. KINTETSU50000 KD-320 KD-320A: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. KINTETSU50000 PASSENGER COMPARTMENTS1: Oka21000 ( talk · contribs )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Kintetsu 50000 at Toba: もんじゃ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Kintetsu 50000 series at Tsuruhashi Station 2019-11-17 (49925908647): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Kintetsu 50000 Shimakaze (22357363395): nobu3withfoxy from Iga,Mie, Japan· CC BY 2.0
- 8. KINTETSU50000 20130409: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. KINTETSU50000 20131029A: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. KINTETSU50000 20140121A: "Oka21000"· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Kintetsu 50000 series (近鉄50000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Japanese private railway operator Kintetsu Railway for use on luxury Shimakaze limited express services since March 2013.
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 13 years ago, in 2013.
- 21.6 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
- 2013
- in service from
- 2013
- status
- in service
- number built
- 18
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 21.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6124719, Wikipedia: Kintetsu 50000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.