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Nankai 8300 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 2015· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nankai Series8300-8415: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 2. Nankai8300 6car: 日根野 (Hineno)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Nankai 8300 LCD: KishujiRapid· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. NANKAI 8300 SERIES 2017-08-09: NAKAI· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Nankai 8300 2car 8701 20161001: 日根野 (Hineno)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Nankai 8300 conductor-less switch: ひふみんぬ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Nankai 8300 series 2009-10-05: 船 長· CC0
- 8. Nankai 8300 series 2009-10-06: 船 長· CC0
- 9. Nankai 8300 Series 8312F+8313F 20191122: るののん· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Nankai 8300Series 8352F: 日根野 (Hineno)· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Nankai 8300 series (南海8300系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway in Japan since 8 October 2015. The similar Semboku 9300 series (泉北9300系, Senboku 9300-kei) runs on the Semboku Line and Nankai Koya Line in Japan since 8 August 2023. Two 4-car sets were built by Kinki Sharyo in 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 11 years ago, in 2015.
- 20.8 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
- 2015
- in service from
- 2015
- status
- in service
- number built
- 110
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Nankai Electric Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 190 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead wire)
- formation
- 2/4 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11408203, Wikipedia: Nankai 8300 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.