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Hanshin 9300 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Mukogawa Sharyo Kogyo· from 2001· electric multiple unit train type operated by Hanshin in Japan
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hanshin-Series9300-9501: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Hanshin9300: 模型鉄· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Hanshin9300Series01: Kansai explorer· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Hanshin 9300 series (阪神電鉄9300系) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway in Japan since 2001.
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 25 years ago, in 2001.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19 m long: about 4 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
- 2001
- in service from
- 2001
- number built
- 18
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Mukogawa Sharyo Kogyo
- operators
- Hanshin Electric Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 130 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 19 m
- weight
- 34.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11656902, Wikipedia: Hanshin 9300 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.