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Meitetsu 5300 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1986· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Meitetsu 5300 2cars nagoyakyuzyo: spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 2008-05-30 Meitetsu 5300 and Meitetsu 5700 in local service: sodai gomi· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Meitetsu 5300 series 006: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Meitetsu 5300 series 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Meitetsu 5300 series at Handaguchi Station: nobu3withfoxy· CC BY 2.0
- 6. Meitetsu 5300 series EMU 021: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Meitetsu 5300 series EMU 023: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Meitetsu 5300 series EMU 025: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Meitetsu 5300 series EMU 041: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Meitetsu 5300 series EMU 043: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu 5300 series (名鉄5300系) was a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Japan from 1986 until 2019.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- Served for 33 years (1986–2019).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1986
- in service from
- 1986
- retired
- 2019
- status
- retired
- number built
- 42
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Nagoya Railroad
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 2 or 4 cars per set
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6810391, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 5300 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.