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Tokyo Metro 13000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 2017· Japanese electric multiple unit train type operated since March 2017

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
Tokyo Metro 13000 series, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Tokyo Metro 13000 series (東京メトロ13000系, Tōkyō Metoro 13000-kei) is a Japanese DC commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Tobu Skytree Line inter-running services. Introduced into service on 25 March 2017, a total of 44 seven-car sets were built by Kinki Sharyo between 2016 and 2020 to replace the 03 series fleet.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 110 km/htop speed
  • power 2.9 MWpower output
  • weight 239 tin working order
  • seats 1,035passengers
  • built 308made 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 9 years ago, in 2017.
  • 2.9 MW is about 34 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 40 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 20.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 1,035: 21 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built
2017
in service from
2017
status
in service
number built
308
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Kinki Sharyo
operators
Tokyo Metro
top speed
110 km/h
power
2.9 MW
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
(overhead catenary)
wheel arrangement
7 × (A1)(1A)
formation
7 cars per trainset
length
20.5 m
weight
239 t
capacity
1,035 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q20132061, Wikipedia: Tokyo Metro 13000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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