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Shintetsu 6500 series
Set 6503 in February 2017
Manufacturer	Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Built at	Kobe
Replaced	1000 series
Constructed	2015–
Entered service	21 May 2016
Number under construction	3 vehicles (1 set)
Number built	21 vehicles (7 sets)
Number in service	21 vehicles (7 sets) (as of February 2020)
Formation	3 cars per trainset
Capacity	354 (including 237 standing)
Operators	Kobe Electric Railway
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	18,290 mm (60 ft 0 in) (end cars) 18,140 mm (59 ft 6 in) (intermediate cars)
Width	2,700 mm (8 ft 10 in)
Height	4,030 mm (13 ft 3 in)
Floor height	1,140 mm (3 ft 9 in)
Doors	3 pairs per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Traction system	Variable frequency (SiC-MOSFET)
Traction motors	MB-5158-B 140 kW traction motors x 8
Power output	1,120 kW
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead lines
Current collector(s)	PT7162-A single-arm pantograph
Bogies	KW-211 (motored), KW-212 (trailer)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Shintetsu 6500 series (神戸電鉄6500系, Kōbe Dentetsu 6500-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu) in Japan since May 2016.

Design

The trains were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe. Based on the earlier 6000 series trains also built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, they have stainless steel bodies with three pairs of sliding doors per side.

Formation

The trains are formed as three-car sets as follows, with two motored driving ("Mc") cars sandwiching a non-powered trailer ("T") intermediate car.

The two motored cars each have one PT7162-A single-arm pantograph.

• Car 6501
• Car 6601
• Car 6502

Interior

Passenger accommodation consists of longitudinal bench seating. LCD passenger information screens above the doorways provides information in four languages: Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean. Each car includes a wheelchair space.

History

Details of the new order were announced in June 2015. The first set, 6501, entered service on 21 May 2016.

Fleet/build details

The individual build histories for the fleet are as follows.

References

1. ^ 神戸電鉄6500系 [Kobe Electric Railway 6500 series]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 56, no. 664. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. August 2016. p. 59-61.
2. ^ 神戸電鉄6500系、新型車両を2016年春導入! 川崎重工が製造、1000系を置換え [Kobe Electric Railway to introduce new 6500 series from spring 2016, built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries to replace 1000 series]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
3. 神戸電鉄6500系が営業運転を開始 [Kobe Electric Railway 6500 series enters service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
4. 私鉄車両編成表 2017 私鉄車両編成表 2017 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2017] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2017. p. 167. ISBN 978-4-330-81317-2.
5. 神戸電鉄6500系第3編成が営業運転を開始 [3rd Kobe Electric Railway 6500 series enters revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 13 February 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
6. "神戸電鉄6500系第4編成が営業運転を開始" [4th Kobe Electric Railway 6500 series set enters revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Koyusha Co., Ltd. 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
7. れいらっく. "【神鉄】6500系第5編成6510F | 神戸鉄道資料館れいらっく雑記帳" (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 February 2020.
8. "【神鉄】6500系6512Fが営業運転を開始 |2nd-train鉄道ニュース". 2nd-train (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 February 2020.
9. "『「神鉄陸送」から始まった、川重の「一週間」･･･』". 神戸鉄道案内 (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 February 2020.

External links

• Kobe Electric Railway press release (in Japanese)

• Electric multiple units of Japan
• Transport in Kobe
• Train-related introductions in 2016
• 1500 V DC multiple units of Japan
• Kawasaki multiple units