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Odakyu 60000 series MSE

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2008· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

Odakyu 60000 series MSE, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Odakyu 60000 series MSE (小田急60000形, Odakyū 60000-gata) (Multi Super Express) is a Romancecar electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan since March 2008. The trains are used on Odakyu through service to the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, and some trains also travel over the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, making it the first limited express train with reserved seats to operate through a subway line in Tokyo.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • built 42made 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 18 years ago, in 2008.
  • 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
2008
in service from
2008
status
in service
number built
42
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Nippon Sharyo
operators
Odakyu Electric Railway
top speed
120 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
1,500 V DC
formation
6/4 cars per set
length
20 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q7077251, Wikipedia: Odakyu 60000 series MSE (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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