9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Semboku3000 3509F: 日根野· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Semboku Rapid Railway 3000 Series 3523F set: T. Hanami· CC0
- 3. Semboku 3000 series 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Semboku 3000: MASA· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Nankai 3517 at Izumisano Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Nankai3000 3516F: 日根野 (Hineno)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Nankai3000 Intermediate modified car: 日根野· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Nankai3556: 小倉商事· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. 南海3517系: NatsuTV· CC0
what is it?
The Semboku 3000 series (泉北3000系, Senboku 3000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type that was introduced by Semboku Rapid Railway in 1975. Since 2013, Nankai Electric Railway began operating former Semboku 3000 series sets, and these sets retain the 3000 series designation.
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 51 years ago, in 1975.
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 51 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1975
- in service from
- 1975
- status
- in service
- number built
- 60
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Semboku Rapid Railway, Nankai Electric Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- formation
- 2/4/6 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11441416, Wikipedia: Semboku 3000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.