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Fujikyu 6000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 2012· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

Fujikyu 6000 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 ウツダー (Udda)· CC BY 2.5

what is it?

The Fujikyu 6000 series (富士急行6000系, Fuji Kyūkō 6000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Fuji Kyuko (Fujikyu) on the Fujikyuko Line in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, since February 2012. A total of four three-car trains were introduced during fiscal 2011 and 2012, converted from former JR East 205 series EMU cars.

who runs it

base stats

  • seats 448passengers

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 14 years ago, in 2012.
  • 19.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 448: 9 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
2012
in service from
2012
status
in service
number built
—
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Unknown builder
operators
Fuji Kyuko, Fujikyu Railway
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
1,500 V DC overhead wire
formation
3 cars per set
length
19.6 m
capacity
448 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q874029, Wikipedia: Fujikyu 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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