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Meitetsu 5700 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1986· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nagoya Railway 5700: Sui-setz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Meitetsu 5700 4cars nagoyakyuzyo: spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Meitetsu 5700 series EMU 021: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Meitetsu 5700 series EMU 023: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Meitetsu 5700 series EMU 025: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Meitetsu 5700 series EMU 041: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Meitetsu 5700 series EMU 043: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Meitetsu 5700 series: Alpsdake· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Meitetsu Kōwa Line 5700 series: ButuCC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Meitetsu Ltd.Exp. 5700 series 2: ButuCC· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu 5700 series (名鉄5700系) was a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Japan from 1986 to 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
- 24
- 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
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 4 cars per set
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16207237, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 5700 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.