#6308
JR Shikoku 6000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JNS 6000 2nd: kazusan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. JR Shikoku 6000 series: Binyan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JR Shikoku 6000-Conductor-corner: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 6000 series (6000系) is a suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Shikoku, Japan, since 1996.
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
- 19.7 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
- —
- status
- in service
- number built
- 6
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Shikoku Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset
- length
- 19.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6108900, Wikipedia: JR Shikoku 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.