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Meitetsu 3400 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1937· Japanese rolling stock used by Meitetsu
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Meitetsu imomushi 3400: spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Meitetsu-3400: Cassiopeia sweet· Public domain
- 3. Meitetsu 3400: 名古屋鉄道· Public domain
what is it?
The Meitetsu 3400 series (名鉄3400系) was a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu in Japan from 1937 to 2002. The train was designed as the first new train by Meitetsu, which was formed from merger between Aichi Electric Railways and Meiki Railways in 1935. New cars were commissioned in 1950 and 1953 to augment the fleet to four cars per trainset.
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 89 years ago, in 1937.
- 19 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 69 years (1937–2006).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1937
- in service from
- 1937
- retired
- 2006
- 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 overhead catenary
- formation
- 2 cars per set (1937-1950, 1988-2002) , 3 cars per set (1950-1953) , 4 cars per set (1953-1988)
- length
- 19 m
- capacity
- 56 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11415668, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 3400 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.