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Seibu 8000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2025· electric multiple unit of Seibu Railway

🚆 multiple unit electric
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Seibu 8000 series 8103F test run(trial run) 20250114- MG 0963: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. Seibu 8000 series 8103F 20250502- MG 0061: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. LED Outside Information Board of Seibu 8000: Kaze315· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Seibu 8000 series 8103 at Ogawa Station: Suikotei· CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. Seibu 8000 series 8103F 20250531: NORECH· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. Seibu 8000 series 8103F and Seibu 2000 series 2077F 20250531: NORECH· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. Seibu 8000 series 8103F test run(trial run) 20250130- MG 4504: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. Seibu 8000 series ATS Tc8003 20250505- MG 0492: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. Seibu 8000 series head Tc8003 20250525- MG 3027: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. Seibu 8000 series head Tc8103 20250506- MG 0683: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
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what is it?

The Seibu 8000 series (西武8000系) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway in Japan since end of May 2025.

who runs it

Seibu Railway

base stats

  • power 190 kWpower output
  • seats 922passengers

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 1 years ago, in 2025.
  • 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 922: 18 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built
2025
in service from
2025
number built
—
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Odakyu 8000 series, Tokyu Car Corporation
operators
Seibu Railway
top speed
—
power
190 kW
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
1,500 V DC (overhead)
formation
6 cars per trainset
length
20 m
capacity
922 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q131929394, Wikipedia: Seibu 8000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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