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Iyotetsu 700 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 1987· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Iyotetsu782: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Iyotetsu-Series700-766: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Iyotetsu 700 series set 713 Nakanocho Depot 20151004: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Iyotetsu 700 series sets 718 719 20080709: Taitaiyaki at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Iyotetsu 700 series 20251105: CT-May· CC0
what is it?
The Iyotetsu 700 series (伊予鉄700系, Iyotetsu 700-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Iyo Railway (Iyotetsu) in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan, since 1987.
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 39 years ago, in 1987.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 39 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1987
- in service from
- 1987
- status
- in service
- number built
- 28
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Iyotetsu
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 600/750 V DC
- formation
- 2/3 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11378846, Wikipedia: Iyotetsu 700 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.