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Kyoto Municipal Subway 20 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 2022· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 京都市営地下鉄20系KS31編成 急行 国際会館行: ATTESA-R· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Kyoto Municipal Subway 20 series: ガラスパゴス· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Kyoto subway 20 series outside information indicator 20220517: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 4. Kyoto subway 20 series outside information indicator 20221104: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 5. Kyoto subway 20 series unit 31 20220506 Takeda: Hahifuheho· CC0
what is it?
The Kyoto Municipal Subway 20 series (京都市交通局20系電車) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the Kyoto Municipal Subway in Kyoto from March 2022.
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 4 years ago, in 2022.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 832: 17 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2022
- in service from
- 2022
- status
- in service
- number built
- 24
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- capacity
- 832 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q108906657, Wikipedia: Kyoto Municipal Subway 20 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.