Hankyu 8000 series

Japanese train type

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The Hankyu 8000 series (阪急電鉄8000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated in Japan by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway since 1989.^[2]

Formations

As of 1 April 2012, the fleet consisted of ten eight-car sets and nine two-car sets.^[3] Some of the two-car sets are semi-permanently coupled with 6-car 7000 series sets.^[3] Six-car sets were also operated initially, but these were subsequently lengthened to become eight-car sets.^[2]

8-car sets

Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Designation	Mc1	M2	T1	T2	T2	T1	M1	Mc2
Type	Mc8000 Mc8000-2	M8600 M8600-1	T8550	T8750	T8750	T8550	M8500 M8500-1	Mc8100 Mc8100-1
Numbering	8000	8600	8550	8750	8780	8650	8500	8100

The "Mc1" and "M1" cars are each fitted with two scissors-type pantographs.^[3]
The "Mc1" and "M1" cars of set 8008 are each fitted with two single-arm pantographs.^[3]
Car 5 of set 8020 is numbered 8670 (type T8550), and car 6 is numbered 8790 (type T8750).^[3]
Cars 7 and 8 of sets 8002 to 8007 include transverse seating.^[3]

2-car sets

Sets 8030 to 8035

Car No.	1	2
Designation	Mc1	Tc
Type	Mc8000	Tc8150 Tc8150-1
Numbering	8030	8150

Sets 8031, 8032, and 8035 are semi-permanently coupled with 6-car 7000 series sets.^[3]
The "Mc1" cars are fitted with two scissors-type pantographs.^[3]
Sets from 8033 onward have a modified front end design.^[3]

Sets 8040 to 8042

Car No.	1	2
Designation	Mc1	Tc
Type	Mc8000-1	Tc8150-2
Numbering	8040	8190

The "Mc1" cars are fitted with two single-arm pantographs.^[3]

Set 8000 "classic 8000" livery, July 2019
8000 series second build train, October 2010
8000 series third build train, June 2015
Set 8000 "Memorial 8000" November 2022

References

^ Harris, Ken, ed. (2005). Jane's World Railways 2005-2006 (47th ed.). Jane's Information Group. p. 291. ISBN 0-7106-2710-6.
^ ^a ^b 私鉄車両年鑑2012 [Japan Private Railways Annual 2012]. Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. February 2012. p. 71. ISBN 978-4-86320-549-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 私鉄車両編成表 2012 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2012]. Japan: JRR. July 2012. pp. 136–138. ISBN 978-4-330-29911-2.