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Aichi Loop Railway 2000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2003· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Aikan Series2000-G32: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 2. Aikan 2000 series EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Aichi Loop Railway 2000 series (愛知環状鉄道2000系) is a 2-car electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Japanese third sector railway operator Aichi Loop Railway on the Aichi Loop Line since March 2003. It is based on the JR Central 313 series.
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 23 years ago, in 2003.
- 20.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 23 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2003
- in service from
- 2003
- status
- in service
- number built
- 40
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Aichi Loop Line, Aichi Loop Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead wire)
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11494077, Wikipedia: Aichi Loop Railway 2000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.