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Kintetsu 6820 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 2002· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kintetsu6820AY21-AY22: メジロバゾー· Public domain
- 2. Kintetsu 6820Series: w0746203-1· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Kintetsu 6820 series (近鉄6820系) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu since 2002.
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 24 years ago, in 2002.
- 20.7 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
- 2002
- in service from
- 2002
- number built
- 4
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 160 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927570, Wikipedia: Kintetsu 6820 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.