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#5893· Odakyu 70000 GSE

Odakyu 70000 series GSE

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2018· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

Odakyu 70000 series GSE, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Odakyu 70000 series (小田急70000形, Odakyū 70000-gata) or GSE (Graceful Super Express) is a Romancecar electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Japan since 17 March 2018. Two 7-car trainsets were built by Nippon Sharyo between 2017 and 2018, replacing the 7000 series "LSE" sets.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 110 km/htop speed
  • built 14made 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 8 years ago, in 2018.
  • 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
2018
in service from
2018
status
in service
number built
14
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Nippon Sharyo
designer
Noriaki Okabe
operators
Odakyu Electric Railway
top speed
110 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
overhead catenary
formation
7 cars per set
length
20 m
Dutch name
Odakyu 70000 GSE

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

Sources: Wikidata Q27477038, Wikipedia: Odakyu 70000 series GSE (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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