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Meitetsu 4000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2008· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Meitetsu4000: Jet-0· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Meitetsu 4000 Owariasahi 20080824: Funky Kei· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Meitetsu 4000 series EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Meitetsu 4000 series LCD: Niiryoku2910· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Meitetsu Seto Line 4000 series: ButuCC This photo was taken with Canon PowerShot SX130 IS· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Meitetsu4000-2: 大原重将· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu 4000 series (名鉄4000系) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Japan since 2008.
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.
- 18.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
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
- 72
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Nagoya Railroad
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 18.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6810384, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 4000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.