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Tobu 70000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 2017· Japanese electric multiple unit train type operated since July 2017
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tobu-Series70000-77718: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Tobu-Series70000-71701: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Tobu70000 at Hanaten (1): Mr.ちゅらさん (Mr Churasan)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Tobu 70000 series at Minami-Senju Station 2019-05-04 (48528508302): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Tobu70000 information LCD: 特急スカイツリートレイン· CC0
what is it?
The Tobu 70000 series (東武70000系, Tōbu 70000-kei) is a Japanese DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway on Tobu Skytree Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line inter-running services since 7 July 2017.
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- 2.9 MW is about 34 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 39 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 141 m long: about 31 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
- 2017
- in service from
- 2017
- status
- in service
- number built
- 168
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Tobu Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 2.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 7 cars per trainset, Mc1-M1-M2-M3-M2'-M1'-Mc2
- length
- 141 m
- weight
- 236 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q20131974, Wikipedia: Tobu 70000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.