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Meitetsu 100 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1979· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Meitetsu 100 series 017: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Nagoya-Railway-Series100-212F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Meitetsu 100 series 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Meitetsu 100 series 002: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Meitetsu 100 series 007: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Meitetsu 100 series 008: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Meitetsu 100 series 012: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Meitetsu 100 series 013: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Meitetsu 100 series 014: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Meitetsu 100 series 015: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu 100 series (名鉄100系) is a commuter electric multiple unit type operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Japan since 1978. There is also a 200 series type, operated since 1991, which is very similar to the 100 series. The 100 series and 200 series trains run on the Inuyama Line and Toyota Line and provide through service to the Tsurumai Line in Nagoya Municipal Subway.
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 47 years ago, in 1979.
- Still in service after 47 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1979
- in service from
- 1979
- status
- in service
- number built
- 66
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Nagoya Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 4 or 6 cars per trainset
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6810369, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 100 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.