#4636· Kintetsu type 7000
Kintetsu 7000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1986· Japanese electric multiple unit train type operated by Kintetsu since 1986
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9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kintetsu Series7000-7607: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 2. Kintetsu 7000 Art Liner: ちょろ· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Kintetsu 7000 Art Liner2: ちょろ· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Kintetsu 7000 LED at Midoribashi: Mr.ちゅらさん· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Kintetsu 7000 series 7107F: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima· CC0
- 6. Kintetsu 7000: ちょろ· Public domain
- 7. Kintetsu7000(2): Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Kintetsu7000: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Kintetsu7000Series01: Kansai explorer ( talk / Contributions ) at the Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Kintetsu 7000 series (近鉄7000系) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway since 1986. In 1987, it was awarded the Laurel Prize, presented annually by the Japan Railfan Club.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- 19 m long: about 4 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
- 1986
- in service from
- 1986
- number built
- 54
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.
- top speed
- 95 km/h
- power
- 140 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 19 m
- Dutch name
- Kintetsu type 7000
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11639054, Wikipedia: Kintetsu 7000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.