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Kyoto Municipal Subway 10 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1981· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kyoto Subway series 10 batch 1 and 6: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 2. Kyoto City 10 series EMU early type 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Kyoto Municipal Subway 10 series: ガラスパゴス· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. LCD passenger information board on Kyoto subway 10 20170603: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 5. 150 kVA BLMG Kyoto 10: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 6. C2000M Kyoto 10: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 7. Destination indicator on Kyoto subway 10 02: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 8. Destination indicator on Kyoto subway 10 03: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 9. Emergency alarm on Kyoto subway 10 batch 3: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 10. FS505A Kyoto 10: Hahifuheho· CC0
what is it?
The Kyoto Municipal Subway 10 series (京都市交通局10系電車), is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the Kyoto Municipal Subway in Kyoto, Japan, since 1981.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- 20.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 144: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 45 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1981
- in service from
- 1981
- status
- in service
- number built
- 120
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo, Hitachi
- operators
- Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.5 m
- capacity
- 144 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11374971, Wikipedia: Kyoto Municipal Subway 10 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.