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Seibu 401 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Seibu Tokorozawa Railway Works· from 1968· electric multiple unit train type
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Seibu401oumi: まも· Public domain
- 2. Jyoshin151: まも (Mamo)· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Oumi Takanomiya Seibu401-419F: まも· Public domain
what is it?
The Seibu 401 series (西武401系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan from 1978 to 1997.
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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 58 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1968
- in service from
- 1968
- status
- in service
- number built
- 38
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Seibu Tokorozawa Railway Works
- operators
- Seibu Railway, Sangi Railway, Jōshin Line, Ohmi Railway
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 120 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11628856, Wikipedia: Seibu 401 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.