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Meitetsu 2000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2005· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nagoya Railway 2000: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 2. Meitetsu 1000 & 2000 series 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Meitetsu 2000 8: kazusan· Public domain
- 4. Meitetsu 2000 series 006: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Meitetsu 2000 series 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Meitetsu 2000 series 012: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Meitetsu 2000 series 013: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Meitetsu 2000 series 015: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Meitetsu 2000 series 2010-01-24: 船 長· CC0
- 10. Meitetsu 2000 Series and R1200 Series-FC: ButuCC· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu 2000 series (名鉄2000系) is a tilting electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) on limited express services in Japan since January 2005.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- Seats 181: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 21 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- in service from
- 2005
- status
- in service
- number built
- 48
- 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 trainset
- capacity
- 181 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6810376, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 2000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.