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Tobu 1800 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1969· electric multiple unit train type operated by Tobu Railway
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TOBURAILWAY SERIES1800 1819F NIKKOLINE EXTRA: Ohtsuka Makoto· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Tobu 1800 ryomo nishiarai: spaceaero2· CC BY 3.0
- 3. Tobu Railway 1800 Series (Sepia): T. Hanami· CC0
- 4. Tobu Railway 1800 Series: T. Hanami· CC0
- 5. Tobu-1800 Business liner Express Ryomo 20101205: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Tobu-1800 Noda Line Centennial commemoration train 20111204: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Tobu-1800-1819 Head mark: まも· Public domain
- 8. Tobu-1800-1819F: まも· Public domain
- 9. Tobu-1800-1842: まも· Public domain
- 10. Tobu-1800-1865: まも· Public domain
what is it?
The Tobu 1800 series (東武1800系, Tōbu 1800-kei) was an express electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan from 1969 to 2018.
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 57 years ago, in 1969.
- Served for 49 years (1969–2018).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1969
- in service from
- 1969
- retired
- 2018
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo, Alna Sharyo
- operators
- Tobu Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 6/8 cars per trainset
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5364742, Wikipedia: Tobu 1800 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.