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Meitetsu 5000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2008· Japanese electric multiple unit train type, in service since 2008

🚆 multiple unit electric
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Meitetsu 5000 series ( II ) EMU 017: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. Meitetsu Series5000-5005: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
  3. 3. Meitetsu 5000 series ( II ) EMU 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. Meitetsu 5000 (21433240583): nobu3withfoxy from Iga,Mie, Japan· CC BY 2.0
  5. 5. Meitetsu 5000 (21866484868): nobu3withfoxy from Iga,Mie, Japan· CC BY 2.0
  6. 6. Meitetsu 5000 (II) series EMU 023: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
  7. 7. Meitetsu 5000 houkou-maku: nacsaha· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. Meitetsu 5000 series ( II ) EMU 006: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
  9. 9. Meitetsu 5000 series ( II ) EMU 007: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. Meitetsu 5000 series ( II ) EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
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Meitetsu 5000 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Meitetsu 5000 series (名鉄5000系) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) type operated by Meitetsu in Japan since 2008.

who runs it

Nagoya Railroad

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • seats 192passengers
  • built 56made in total

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.
  • 18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 192: 4 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
number built
56
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
length
18.9 m
capacity
192 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q6810388, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 5000 series (2008) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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