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Choshi Electric Railway 700 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 1978· class of 2 Japanese electric railcars
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Choshi-Electric-Railway-701-01: Rs1421· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Choshi Electric Railway 700 series (銚子電鉄700形, Chōshi Dentetsu 700-gata) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Choshi Electric Railway in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, between 1978 and 2010. The two single cars were converted from former Ohmi Railway MoHa 50 EMU cars, which were built in 1942.
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 48 years ago, in 1978.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1978–2010).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1978
- in service from
- 1978
- retired
- 2010
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Chōshi Electric Railway Line, Choshi Electric Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 104 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC overhead wire
- formation
- Single car
- length
- 15.4 m
- weight
- 26 t
- capacity
- 42 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12054905, Wikipedia: Choshi Electric Railway 700 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.