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Kintetsu 8A series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 2024· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kintetsu 8A series and 1233 series at Tsuruhashi sta 2: さりと· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Kintetsu 8A LCD: ガラスパゴス· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Kintetsu 8A self door bottom: ガラスパゴス· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Kintetsu 8A series 8A404: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima· CC0
- 5. Kintetsu 8A series and 1252 series: ガラスパゴス· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Kintetsu 8A series out door bottom: ガラスパゴス· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Kintetsu 8A series (Japanese: 近鉄8A系, romanized: Kintetsu 8A-kei) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway in Japan since 7 October 2024. Thirty 4-car sets are to be built.
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 2 years ago, in 2024.
- 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
- 2024
- in service from
- 2024
- status
- in service
- number built
- 72
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 240 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q126634435, Wikipedia: Kintetsu 8A series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.