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Meitetsu 1700 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2008· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Meitetsu Ltd.Exp. 1700 Series 1: ButuCC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Meitetsu 1700 series EMU 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Meitetsu 1700 series EMU 027: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Meitetsu 1700 series and 2230 series: ButuCC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Meitetsu 1700 series and 6500 series EMU 020: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Meitetsu 1700 series EMU 003: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Meitetsu 1700 series EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Meitetsu 1700 series EMU 013: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Meitetsu 1700 series EMU 014: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Meitetsu 1700 series EMU 016: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu 1700/2300 series (名鉄1700・2300系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Japan from December 2008 until 2021.
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 18 years ago, in 2008.
- 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 321: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2008
- in service from
- 2008
- status
- in service
- number built
- 24
- 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 overhead
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 19.8 m
- capacity
- 321 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12061630, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 1700 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.