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Meitetsu 6000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1976· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Meitetsu 6000 series 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 2021-11-20 Meitetsu 6000 series: シュポじ（ししまる）· CC0
- 3. Meitetsu 6000 series 006: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Meitetsu 6000 series 01: 船 長· CC0
- 5. Meitetsu 6000 series 013: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Meitetsu 6000 series 022: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Meitetsu 6000 series 027: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Meitetsu 6000 series 033: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Meitetsu 6000 series 043: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Meitetsu 6000 series 055: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu 6000 series (名鉄6000系) is a commuter electric multiple unit type operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Japan since 1976. In the narrow sense of the word, the 6000 series is the type produced from 1976, but in the broad sense, it includes later series, namely the 6500 series, and the 6800 series.
who runs it
fun facts
- First built 50 years ago, in 1976.
- Still in service after 50 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1976
- in service from
- 1976
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Nagoya Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6810394, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.