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Tokyo Metro 1000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2012· electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line since April 2012
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tokyo-Metro Series1000-1008 Marunouchi-Line: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Ginza-Line-Series1031: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Tokyo-Metro 1000: Sui-setz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Tokyo Metro 1000 LCD: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Tokyo Metro 1000 series sc101 201203-3: PekePON· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Tokyo Metro 1000 ginza line: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Tokyo Metro 1000 series tameikesannoustation: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Tokyo Metro 1000: スカイライナー· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Shibuya Station 1000 series 2016-10-07 (30022904253): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. 2013-08-31 Tokyo Metro 1000 series: nubobo· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Tokyo Metro 1000 series (東京メトロ1000系, Tōkyō Metoro 1000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro in Japan on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line since April 2012. The first trainset was delivered in September 2011 ahead of entry into revenue service from 11 April 2012, with full-production sets entering service from 2013.
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 27 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2012
- in service from
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 240
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Tokyo Metro
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (third rail)
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 16 m
- weight
- 165 t
- capacity
- 40 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5947053, Wikipedia: Tokyo Metro 1000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.