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Hanshin 8000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Mukogawa Sharyo Kogyo· from 1984· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Hanshin-Series8000-8211F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. Hanshin 8000 series 8235 Koroen 20070701: Jr223 at Japanese Wikipedia· Public domain
  3. 3. Door cut switch(hanshin 8000series): 暇・投稿· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. Hanshin 8000 8045 (36746991963): nobu3withfoxy from Iga,Mie, Japan· CC BY 2.0
  5. 5. Hanshin 8000 series 8215F akadosha wrapping: Niiryoku2910· CC0
  6. 6. Hanshin 8000 series 8221F (49904022536): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. Hanshin 8000 series 8223F (49904023451): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Hanshin 8000 series 8227F (49903503968): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. Hanshin 8000 series 8235 Koshien 200507: Sakamoto hiei at Japanese Wikipedia· Public domain
  10. 10. Hanshin 8000 series Amagasaki Station 2016-05-07: Jin Kemoole· CC BY 2.0
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what is it?

The Hanshin 8000 series (阪神電鉄8000系, Hanshin Dentetsu 8000-kei) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway in Japan since 1984.

who runs it

Hanshin Electric Railway

base stats

  • speed 110 km/htop speed
  • power 110 kWpower output
  • seats 140passengers
  • built 129made 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 42 years ago, in 1984.
  • 19 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 140: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
  • Still in service after 42 years.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1984
in service from
1984
status
in service
number built
129
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Mukogawa Sharyo Kogyo
operators
Hanshin Electric Railway
top speed
110 km/h
power
110 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
1,500 V DC overhead catenary
formation
6 cars per trainset
length
19 m
capacity
140 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q11656898, Wikipedia: Hanshin 8000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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