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Tobu 6050 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Subaru Corporation· from 1985· electric multiple unit of Tobu Railway, Yagan Railway and Aizu Railway
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tobu-Nikko-Line-Series6050-6172: MaedaAkihiko This photo was taken with Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ1000 II· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 東武6050系: PIPOsen 0801· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Tobu 6050 series EMU 065: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. 6050 series old color 2020: いーばくん· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 6050 series old color: いーばくん· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Tobu 6050 Kanegafuchi Station 2016-10-07: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Tobu 6050 revival two tone color Shin-tochigi station 20200620: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Tobu 6050 series 6175 at Shin-Tochigi Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Tobu 6050 series EMU 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Tobu 6050 series EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Tobu 6050 series (東武6050系, Tōbu 6050-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated on the Tobu Nikko Line and the Aizu Line in Japan since 1985. These trains were operated by Tobu Railway and the connecting companies Aizu Railway and Yagan Railway, and provide "Local" and "Express/Section-Express" services. "Rapid/Section Rapid" services operated until April 2017.
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 41 years ago, in 1985.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 41 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1985
- in service from
- 1985
- status
- in service
- number built
- 66
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Subaru Corporation, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation, Alna Sharyo
- operators
- Yagan Railway, Tobu Railway, Aizu Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q370661, Wikipedia: Tobu 6050 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.