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Meitetsu 3500 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1993· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nagoya Railway 3500: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 2. 2021-11-20 Meitetsu 3500 series (II): シュポじ（ししまる）· CC0
- 3. Meitetsu 3500 series (II) 2009-08-30: 船 長· CC0
- 4. Meitetsu 3500 series (II) 2010-02-07: 船 長· CC0
- 5. Meitetsu 3500 series (II) 2010-02-24: 船 長· CC0
- 6. Meitetsu 3500 series (II) EMU 002: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Meitetsu 3500 series (II) EMU 015: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Meitetsu 3500 series (II): Alpsdake· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Meitetsu 3500 series 025: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Meitetsu 3500 series Test Run: ButuCC· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu 3500 series (名鉄3500系) and the later 3100 and 3700 series (3100・3700系) are commuter electric multiple unit train types operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Japan since 1993.
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 33 years ago, in 1993.
- 18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 33 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993
- in service from
- 1993
- status
- in service
- number built
- 3,500
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Nagoya Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1500 V DC
- length
- 18.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6810381, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 3500 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.