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Seibu 101 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Seibu Railway· from 1969· electric multiple unit of Seibu Railway
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Seibu Series101-1245F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Seibu-101 last run event Yokoze Rail yard 20121209: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Seibu101n-akaden: Nyohoho· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Seibu New 101 series: みやっち at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 5. Koremasa station New 101 series: Kirin7739· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Seibu 101 series 1241F izuhakone and 263F 20231217- MG 3066: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Seibu 101 series 1245F white 20190310- MG 1681: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Seibu 101 series 1249F two-tone 20190422- MG 1680-2: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Seibu 101 series 1251F ohmi 20220604- MG 1842: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Seibu 101 series 1253F akaden and 263F 20240303- MG 2556: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Seibu 101 series (西武101系) and New 101 series (新101系) are electric multiple unit (EMU) train types operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway in Japan.
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.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
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
- number built
- 278
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Seibu Railway, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Seibu Railway
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 150 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 2/4/6/8 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11628846, Wikipedia: Seibu 101 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.