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Meitetsu 1600 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1999· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Meitetsu 1600 Series EMU 013: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Meitetsu 1600 Series EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Meitetsu 1600 Series EMU 012: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Meitetsu 1600 Series EMU 015: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Meitetsu1600: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu 1600 series (名鉄1600系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) type operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) on limited express services in Japan from May 1999 until June 2008. Two cars from each set were subsequently modified to create the 1700 series EMUs in conjunction with new 2300 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 27 years ago, in 1999.
- Served for 9 years (1999–2008).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1999
- in service from
- 1999
- retired
- 2008
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- 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
- 3 cars per set
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6810372, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 1600 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.