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Choshi Electric Railway 3000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 2016· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Choshi Dentetsu3001 CDKocolor: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Choshi-Electric-Railway Series3000-3501: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 3. Choshi Dentetsu 3000 series 2024-09-20: jason199567· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Choshi Electric Railway 3000 Series 3001F set: T. Hanami· CC0
what is it?
The Choshi Electric Railway 3000 series (銚子電鉄3000形, Chōshi Dentetsu 3000-gata) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Choshi Electric Railway in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, since March 2016. The sole two-car set was converted from former Iyotetsu 700 series EMU cars, which were themselves converted from former Keio 5000 series EMU cars, and was introduced to replace the Choshi Electric Railway's 1000 series EMU car number 1001, which was withdrawn in February 2016.
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 10 years ago, in 2016.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 130: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2016
- in service from
- 2016
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Chōshi Electric Railway Line, Choshi Electric Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
- capacity
- 130 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24006183, Wikipedia: Choshi Electric Railway 3000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.