10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tokyu Electric Railway 1000-1316: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 2. Fukushima Kotsu 1000 series sets 1111 1103 Hachioji Station 20171128: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Tokyu1000 8cars: Chabata_k· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Tokyu 1000 series T.K.K. style 1017F 20160901: Cfktj1596 This photo was taken with Nikon D750· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Tokyu 1000 Series: T. Hanami· CC0
- 6. Tokyu 1000-1500 series Iketama Happy Train 20240624165023: いけたま電鉄 This photo was taken with Canon EOS 850D· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Tokyu 1000kei tamagawa line second: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Tokyu 1000kei tamagawa line: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Tokyu 1000kei tamagawa station: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Tokyu 1000kei: toshinori baba· CC0
what is it?
The Tokyu 1000 series (東急1000系, Tōkyū 1000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation on the Tokyu Ikegami and Tokyu Tamagawa lines in Japan since 1988.
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 38 years ago, in 1988.
- 18 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
- 1988
- in service from
- 1988
- number built
- 113
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Tokyu, Tokyu Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 3 (formerly 4/8) cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11526935, Wikipedia: Tokyu 1000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.