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Joshin 7000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Niigata Transys· from 2013· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Joshin7000: Tokyodesert· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Joshin-Type7000-7501: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Joshin 7000 series (上信電鉄7000形, Jōshin Dentetsu 7000-gata) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Joshin Electric Railway on the Joshin Line in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, since December 2013.
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 13 years ago, in 2013.
- 20.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 282: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2013
- in service from
- 2013
- number built
- 2
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Niigata Transys
- operators
- Jōshin Line, Jōshin Electric Railway Company
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.5 m
- capacity
- 282 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16611564, Wikipedia: Joshin 7000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.