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Choshi Electric Railway 800 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Teikoku Sharyo· from 1986· class of 1 Japanese electric railcar
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Choshi-Electric-Railway-801-02: Rs1421· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Choshi Electric Railway 800 series (銚子電鉄800形, Chōshi Dentetsu 800-gata) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Choshi Electric Railway in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, between 1986 and September 2010.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 24 years (1986–2010).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1986
- in service from
- 1986
- retired
- 2010
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Teikoku Sharyo
- operators
- Chōshi Electric Railway Line, Choshi Electric Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 194 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC overhead wire
- formation
- Single car
- length
- 16.2 m
- weight
- 28.2 t
- capacity
- 40 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12054907, Wikipedia: Choshi Electric Railway 800 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.