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Meitetsu 6600 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1978· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Meitetsu 6600 series 013: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Meitetsu 6600 series 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Meitetsu 6600 series 002: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Meitetsu 6600 series 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Meitetsu 6600 series EMU 015: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu 6600 series (名鉄6600系) was a commuter electric multiple unit type operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) on Seto Line services in Japan from 1978 to 2013.
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 48 years ago, in 1978.
- Served for 35 years (1978–2013).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1978
- in service from
- 1978
- retired
- 2013
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- 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 Q20680046, Wikipedia: Meitetsu 6600 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.