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what is it?
The Tobu 3000 series (東武3000系, Tōbu 3000-kei) was a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan between 1964 and 1996. The 3000 series was created by modernizing old Tobu EMU cars dating from the 1920s and 1930s, by adding new 18 m (59 ft 1 in) long steel bodies based on the 2000 series design, with three pairs of sliding doors per side, and front ends based on the 8000 series design. The fleet was subdivided into 3000, 3050, and 3070 series types.
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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1964–1996).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1964
- in service from
- 1964
- retired
- 1996
- status
- retired
- number built
- 134
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Tobu Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
- formation
- 6/4/2 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2657365, Wikipedia: Tobu 3000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.