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Chichibu Railway 6000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 2006· electric multiple unit train type operated in Japan
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chichibu-Railway Series6000-6202: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Chichibu Railway 6000: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 3. Chichibu Railway 6000 Chichibu-Yomatsuri-gou(2007): Sui-setz· Public domain
- 4. Chichibu Railway 6000 Nagatoro Station 2017-11-05 (28282190819): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Chichibu Railway 6000 series Ventilator Tc6201 IMG 1810 - コピー: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Chichibu Railway 6000 series (秩父鉄道6000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type for express services on the Chichibu Main Line operated by the private railway operator Chichibu Railway in Japan since 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 20 years ago, in 2006.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 20 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2006
- in service from
- 2006
- status
- in service
- 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 Q5096042, Wikipedia: Chichibu Railway 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.