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Kyoto Municipal Subway 50 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1997· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kyoto Municipal Subway 50 Series 5614: Haruno Akiha· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Kyoto Subway 50 series: Norihiro Kataoka· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Kyoto City 50 series head: Laichuan Yinfu· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Door indicator Kyoto 50: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 5. Door step Kyoto 50: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 6. KH-183 Kyoto 50: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 7. Kyoto 50 series compressor 2: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 8. Kyoto 50 series compressor: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 9. Kyoto 50 series inverter: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 10. Kyoto Municipal Subway 50 series: Norihiro Kataoka· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Kyoto Municipal Subway 50 series (京都市営地下鉄50系, Kyōto-shiei chikatetsu 50-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the Kyoto Municipal Subway in Kyoto, Japan, since 1997.
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 29 years ago, in 1997.
- 16.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1997
- in service from
- 1997
- number built
- 102
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- 85 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead wire
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 16.5 m
- capacity
- 92 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11374974, Wikipedia: Kyoto Municipal Subway 50 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.