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Meitetsu 1380 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2003· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Meitetsu 1380 series 017: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Meitetsu 1380 series 004: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Meitetsu 1380 series 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Meitetsu 1380 series 002: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Meitetsu 1380 series 003: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Meitetsu 1380 series 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Meitetsu 1380 series 012: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Meitetsu 1380 series 014: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Meitetsu 1380 series 015: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Meitetsu 1380 series 016: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu 1380 series (名鉄1380系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Japan from 2003 until September 2015. The unique four-car train was converted from a former 1030/1230 series trainset which sustained accident damage in 2002.
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.
- Served for 12 years (2003–2015).
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
- retired
- 2015
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- 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
- 4 cars per set
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q20896923, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 1380 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.