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Chichibu Railway 2000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 1991· class of 4 Japanese 4-car electric multiple units
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chichibu-2002: Cassiopeia sweet at ja.wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The Chichibu Railway 2000 series (秩父鉄道2000系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type for local services operated by the private railway operator Chichibu Railway 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 35 years ago, in 1991.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 9 years (1991–2000).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1991
- in service from
- 1991
- retired
- 2000
- status
- retired
- number built
- 16
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Chichibu Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5096035, Wikipedia: Chichibu Railway 2000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.