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Tokyo Metro 05 series

🇮🇩 Indonesia ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1988· Japanese train type

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
Tokyo Metro 05 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The TRTA/Tokyo Metro 05 series (営団・東京メトロ05系, Eidan/Tōkyō Metoro 05-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line and Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Ayase Branch in Japan by the subway operator Tokyo Metro. Some sets have also been shipped to Indonesia, where they operated on the KRL Commuterline system in Jakarta between 2011 and 2025. A total of 43 ten-car trainsets were built from 1988 to 2004, with a number of variants.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • built 430made in total

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 38 years ago, in 1988.
  • 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Still in service after 38 years.

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built
1988
in service from
1988
status
in service
number built
430
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇮🇩 Indonesia
builders
Kinki Sharyo, Hitachi, Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Transport Engineering Company
operators
KAI Commuter, Teito Rapid Transit Authority
top speed
120 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
overhead catenary
formation
10 cars per trainset (Tokyo Metro Tozai Line), 3 cars per trainset (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line), 8 cars per trainset (KAI…
length
20 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q1044395, Wikipedia: Tokyo Metro 05 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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