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Nagoya Municipal Subway 6050 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2010· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NagoyaCitySubwaySeries6050@Nakamurakuyakusyo: とあ鉄 (Toatetsu))· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Nagoya6050: Koki i9· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Nagoya Municipal Subway 6050 series (名古屋市交通局6050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 July 2010. The design is based on the earlier 6000 series trains.
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 16 years ago, in 2010.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 243: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2010
- in service from
- 2010
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- 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
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 5 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- capacity
- 243 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5366351, Wikipedia: Nagoya Municipal Subway 6050 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.