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Hokuso 7260 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 2006· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hokuso 7260 series EMU 006: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Hokuso 7260 series EMU 007(cropped): Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Hokuso 7260 series EMU 007: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Hokuso 7260 Shimbamba: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 5. Hokuso-7260: Chabudai· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Hokuso 7260 series (北総鉄道7260形) was a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type owned and operated by the third-sector railway company Hokuso Railway on the Hokuso Line in Japan from March 2006 until March 2015. The single eight-car train was formed from two former Keisei 3300 series four-car EMU sets leased from Keisei Electric Railway.
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.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 9 years (2006–2015).
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
- retired
- 2015
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Hokusō Line, Hokuso-Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11403942, Wikipedia: Hokuso 7260 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.