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Tobu 8000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Subaru Corporation· from 1963· Japanese electric multiple unit train type operated by Tobu Railway
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tobu-Noda-Line-Series8000-8111F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Tobu-8000-Old color: まも· Public domain
- 3. Tobu8000-8198 Flying tojo: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Tobu8000-8577: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Tobu8000 81107 20141205: フライング東上 (Flying Tojo)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Tobu 8000 81111 Ogose 20140401: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Tobu 8000 Isesaki Line 1977: vvvf1025· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Tobu 8000 Kita-Tatebayashi 20140307: 監視人 (Kanshinin)· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 9. Tobu 8000 series 81111 Obusuma 20140620: 監視人 (Kanshinin) This photo was taken with Canon EOS 60D· CC BY-SA 2.1 jp
- 10. Tobu 8000 series set 8577 Nishiarai Station 20160416: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Tobu 8000 series (東武8000系, Tōbu 8000-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan since 1963. A total of 712 vehicles were built between 1963 and 1983, making this the most numerous EMU type operated by any private railway operator 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 63 years ago, in 1963.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 45 years (1963–2008).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1963
- in service from
- 1963
- retired
- 2008
- status
- retired
- number built
- 712
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Subaru Corporation, Kisha Seizo, Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation, Alna Sharyo
- operators
- Tobu Railway
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- formation
- 2/3/4/6/8 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5363514, Wikipedia: Tobu 8000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.