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Nagoya Municipal Subway 7000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2003· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
Nagoya Municipal Subway 7000 series, photo 1 of 6
1/6 Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Nagoya Municipal Subway 7000 series (名古屋市交通局7000形) is a rapid transit electric multiple unit (EMU) operated by the Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya on the Nagoya Subway Kamiiida Line and inter-running services through to the Meitetsu Komaki Line in Japan since 2003. They operate alongside the Meitetsu 300 series EMUs.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 100 km/htop speed
  • power 1.4 MWpower output
  • seats 526passengers
  • built 8made 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 23 years ago, in 2003.
  • 1.4 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 19.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 526: 11 full city buses (~50 seats each).
  • Still in service after 23 years.

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

spec sheet

built
2003
in service from
2003
status
in service
number built
8
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Nippon Sharyo
operators
Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
top speed
100 km/h
power
1.4 MW
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
(nominal) from overhead catenary
formation
4 cars per trainset
length
19.4 m
capacity
526 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q6958974, Wikipedia: Nagoya Municipal Subway 7000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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