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Hokuso 7500 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2006· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

Hokuso 7500 series, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Hokuso 7500 series (北総鉄道7500形) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the Hokuso Railway on the Hokuso Line in Japan since 2006.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • built 24made 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 20 years ago, in 2006.
  • 18 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
2006
in service from
2006
number built
24
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company
operators
Hokuso-Railway
top speed
120 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
formation
8 cars per trainset
length
18 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q11403941, Wikipedia: Hokuso 7500 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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