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Choshi Electric Railway 300 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Niigata Tekkō· from 1951· class of 1 Japanese electric railcar
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what is it?
The Choshi Electric Railway 300 series (銚子電鉄300形, Chōshi Dentetsu 300-gata) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Choshi Electric Railway in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, between 1951 and 2008.
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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 58 years (1951–2009).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1951
- in service from
- 1951
- retired
- 2009
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Niigata Tekkō
- operators
- Chōshi Electric Railway Line, Choshi Electric Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 97 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- overhead wire
- formation
- Single car
- length
- 15.6 m
- weight
- 28.2 t
- capacity
- 40 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12054903, Wikipedia: Choshi Electric Railway 300 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.