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Odakyu 8000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1983· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 小田急電鉄8000形電車: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Odakyu-Series8000 8563: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 8000 Series EMU - 54238557257: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 8000 Series EMU - Odakyu Electric Railway: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Odakyu 8000 2005-08-20 (2): The original uploader was Chabata_k at Japanese Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Odakyu 8000 2005-09-26: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Odakyu 8000 2007-10-25 (3): The original uploader was Chabata k at Japanese Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Odakyu 8000 2007-10-25: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Odakyu 8000 before June 16th 2004: The original uploader was こうのいち at Japanese Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Odakyu 8000 series VVVF inverter M8311 20240519- MG 3646: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Odakyu 8000 series (小田急8000形, Odakyū 8000-gata) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan since 1983.
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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 43 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1983
- in service from
- 1983
- status
- in service
- number built
- 160
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Odakyu Electric Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 190 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 4 or 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11463068, Wikipedia: Odakyu 8000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
