#4523· Tobu 10000
Tobu 10000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Subaru Corporation· from 1983· electric multiple unit train type operated by Tobu Railway in Japan
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tobu-Series10000 11006: MaedaAkihiko This photo was taken with Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ1000 II· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Tobu10000 11601F: Mi-ta'smetro· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Tobu 10000 series EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Tobu 11201 20130929: Kinto Hozumi This photo was taken with KDDI Kyocera K011· CC BY 2.5
- 5. Tobu Series10000R-11201: MaedaAkihiko This photo was taken with Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ1000 II· CC0
- 6. Tobu-railway-11201F-20251115-130040: LERK· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Tobu-railway-11201F-20251115-130152: LERK· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Tobu-railway-11201F-20251123-114948: LERK· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Tobu 11202F 20200627: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Tobu-kuzuu Station-Platform 20200627: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Tobu 10000 series (東武10000系, Tōbu 10000-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated in Japan by the private railway operator Tobu Railway since 1983. First entering service in 1983 on the Tobu Tojo Line (1984 on the Tobu Isesaki Line), production continued through to 1995, with a total of 486 vehicles built.
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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- 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
- 1983
- in service from
- 1983
- number built
- 486
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Subaru Corporation, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation, Alna Sharyo
- operators
- Tobu Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 140 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead lines)
- formation
- 2/4/6/8/10 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- Dutch name
- Tobu 10000
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7811746, Wikipedia: Tobu 10000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.