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Nagoya Municipal Subway 3050 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1993· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
Nagoya Municipal Subway 3050 series, photo 1 of 8
1/8 MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Nagoya Municipal Subway 3050 series (名古屋市交通局3050形) is a rapid transit electric multiple unit (EMU) operated by the Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya on the Nagoya Subway Tsurumai Line in Japan since 1993.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 100 km/htop speed
  • seats 884passengers
  • built 58made 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 33 years ago, in 1993.
  • 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 884: 18 full city buses (~50 seats each).
  • Still in service after 33 years.

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built
1993
in service from
1993
status
in service
number built
58
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Nippon Sharyo
operators
Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
top speed
100 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
1,500 V DC
formation
6 cars per trainset
length
20 m
capacity
884 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q5364913, Wikipedia: Nagoya Municipal Subway 3050 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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