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Nagoya Municipal Subway 6000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1987· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NGO Nakamura 20220807-20: 円周率３パーセント· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. NGO Nakamura 20220807-21: 円周率３パーセント· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Nakamura-kuyakusho stn: Bakkai· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Sakura-dori Line 6000.: MDXF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. NS-Nakamura-kuyakusho-station-platform-002: HQA02330· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 6000形: 快特豊川稲荷· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Nagoya Municipal Subway 6000 series (名古屋市交通局6000形) is a rapid transit electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya on the Nagoya Subway Sakura-dōri Line in Japan since 1989.
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 39 years ago, in 1987.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 668: 13 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 39 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1987
- in service from
- 1987
- status
- in service
- number built
- 100
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1500 V DC
- formation
- 5 cars per trainset (originally 4 cars)
- length
- 20 m
- capacity
- 668 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5364729, Wikipedia: Nagoya Municipal Subway 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.