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Nankai 30000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Tokyu Car Corporation· from 1983· Electric multiple unit operated by Nakai Electric Railway
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nankai30000 LTD.Exp.Kōya: 日根野 (Hineno)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Nankai Series30000 Koya-5: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 3. Nankai 30000 series 201503150907 Red KOYA: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Nankai 30000 30003F 30003 Side View: にぶさま· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Nankai 30000 30003F 30004 Side View: にぶさま· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Nankai 30000 30003F 30102 Side View: にぶさま· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Nankai 30000 30003F 30103 Side View: にぶさま· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Nankai 30000 series (29235657207): Fabio Achilli from Milano, Italy· CC BY 2.0
- 9. Nankai 30000 series 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Nankai 30000 series at Gokurakubashi Station: nobu3withfoxy· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Nankai 30000 series (南海30000系, Nankai 30000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway in Japan since 1983. Two four-car sets were built to replace the sole 20000 series set.
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.
- Still in service after 43 years.
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
- status
- in service
- number built
- 8
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Nankai Electric Railway
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead wire)
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11408126, Wikipedia: Nankai 30000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
