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Yokohama Municipal Subway 3000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1992· train type operated in Japan since 1992

Yokohama Municipal Subway 3000 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Yokohama Municipal Subway 3000 series (横浜市交通局3000形) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Yokohama City Transportation Bureau on the Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line in Japan since 1992.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 90 km/htop speed
  • power 2.2 MWpower output
  • built 228made 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 34 years ago, in 1992.
  • 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built
1992
in service from
1992
number built
228
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Nippon Sharyo, Tokyu Car Corporation
operators
Transportation Bureau, City of Yokohama
top speed
90 km/h
power
2.2 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
formation
6 cars per trainset
length
18 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q11542989, Wikipedia: Yokohama Municipal Subway 3000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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