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Chichibu Railway 800 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 1979· class of 9 Japanese 2-car electric multiple units
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chichibu-800: Cassiopeia sweet· Public domain
what is it?
The Chichibu Railway 800 series (秩父鉄道800系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type for local services operated by Chichibu Railway in Japan from 1979 to 1990.
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 47 years ago, in 1979.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 11 years (1979–1990).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1979
- in service from
- 1979
- retired
- 1990
- 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 Q5096046, Wikipedia: Chichibu Railway 800 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.