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Kintetsu 8000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1964· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Kintetsu Series8000-8583: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
  2. 2. Kintetsu8000Series02: Kansai explorer· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. Kintetsu8000Series03: User:Kansai explorer· CC BY 2.5
  4. 4. Kintetsu 8000 and 8600 series 8581F Nara Line express 2014-01-25 (12364755495): 松原 誠· CC BY 2.0
  5. 5. Kintetsu 8000 Series - Flickr - Kentaro Iemoto@Tokyo (1): Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. Kintetsu 8000 Series - Flickr - Kentaro Iemoto@Tokyo: Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. Kintetsu 8000 series 8578 (41497138652): khws4v1 from Hiroshima, Japan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Kintetsu 8000 series 8588F Nara Line local 2014-01-25 (12364951693): 松原 誠· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. Kintetsu 8000: TeRa· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. Kintetsu8000-8569F: うま· CC BY 3.0
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Kintetsu 8000 series, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Kintetsu 8000 series (近鉄8000系, Kintetsu 8000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway since 1964 on many of its commuter lines in the Kansai area of Japan.

who runs it

Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.

base stats

  • speed 105 km/htop speed
  • power 145 kWpower output
  • seats 170passengers
  • built 208made in total

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 62 years ago, in 1964.
  • 20.7 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 170: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
  • Still in service after 62 years.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1964
in service from
1964
status
in service
number built
208
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Kinki Sharyo
operators
Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.
top speed
105 km/h
power
145 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
1,500 V DC Overhead wire
formation
2-, 3-, or 4-cars per trainset
length
20.7 m
capacity
170 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q11639055, Wikipedia: Kintetsu 8000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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