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Chichibu Railway 3000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 1992· Japanese 3-car electric multiple units train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chichibu-railway 3000shibazakura: Sui-setz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Chichibu 3000 series set 3001 Yorii Station 20030826: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Chichibu Railway 3000 series (秩父鉄道3000系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type for Chichibuji express services operated by Chichibu Railway in Japan from 1992 to 2006.
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 14 years (1992–2006).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1992
- in service from
- 1992
- retired
- 2006
- status
- retired
- number built
- 9
- 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
- 3 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5096038, Wikipedia: Chichibu Railway 3000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.