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Meitetsu 1200 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1988· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Meitetsu 1000 series 043: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Meitetsu 1200 Series EMU 015: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu 1200 series (名鉄1200系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) type operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Japan since 1988. The trains consist of two limited express style 1000 series (or 1030 series) cars and four commuter style 1200 series (or 1230 series) cars.
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 38 years ago, in 1988.
- Still in service after 38 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1988
- in service from
- 1988
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Nagoya Railroad
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 6 cars per set (originally 4 cars)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6810368, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 1200 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.