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Nagoya Municipal Subway N1000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2008· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nagoya-Municipal-Subway-N1002-20100317: LERK· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Nagoya Series-N1000-N1114: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 3. N1000形60周年記念仕様: 謎の存在· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Nagoya Series-N1000-N1110 Outside-LED: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 5. 名古屋市交通局N1000形: kh13· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. N-sub-n1000: No machine-readable author provided. Bonjin-ks assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. N1000形ラッピング: Panorama CAR· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Higashiyama Line 20150619A: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Nagoya Subway N1106 20170712: 星空の川に (Hoshizora no kawa ni)· CC BY 2.5
- 10. 上社JCT2: Oka21000· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Nagoya Municipal Subway N1000 series (名古屋市交通局N1000形) is a rapid transit electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya on the Nagoya Subway Higashiyama Line in Japan since 2008.
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 18 years ago, in 2008.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 618: 12 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2008
- in service from
- 2008
- status
- in service
- number built
- 126
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 15.6 m
- capacity
- 618 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6141607, Wikipedia: Nagoya Municipal Subway N1000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.