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Chichibu Railway 500 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 1962· class of 9 Japanese 2-car electric multiple units
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chichibu-500: Cassiopeia sweet· Public domain
what is it?
The Chichibu Railway 500 series (秩父鉄道500系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type for local services on the Chichibu Main Line operated by the Chichibu Railway in Japan between 1962 and 1992.
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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 30 years (1962–1992).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1962
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 1992
- 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
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5096041, Wikipedia: Chichibu Railway 500 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.