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Seibu 9000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Seibu Tokorozawa Workshop· electric multiple unit train of Seibu Railway
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Seibu Railway 9000 VVVF: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 2. Seibu 101 series 263F and seibu 9000 series 9102F 20200827- MG 1255: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Seibu 9000 als een sneltrein naar het westen rijdt over de brug over de Kurome, -26 augustus 2009: 007 Tanuki· CC BY-SA 2.1 jp
- 4. Seibu 9000 series 9104F 20090318: 野原祐一· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Seibu 9000 series 9104F one-man testrun: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Seibu 9000 series 9108 at Kokubunji Station: Suikotei· CC BY 4.0
- 7. Seibu 9000 series Ikebukuro line 20181002: Cfktj1596· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Seibu9000 9005 TamakoLine: Nishifutsu· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Seibu9000 9108 TamakoLine: Nishifutsu· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Seibu9000-VVVF: The RW place· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Seibu 9000 series (西武9000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 since March 1994.
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
- 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
- —
- status
- in service
- number built
- 80
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Seibu Tokorozawa Workshop
- operators
- Seibu Railway
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead lines)
- formation
- 4 (formerly 10) cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11628864, Wikipedia: Seibu 9000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.