Kobe New Transit 8000 series

The {{Nihongo, Kobe New Transit 8000 series, 神戸新交通8000型 was an

automated guideway transit An automated guideway transit (AGT) or automated fixed-guideway transit or automatic guideway transit system is a type of fixed guideway transit infrastructure with a riding or suspension track that supports and physically guides one or more dr ...

(AGT) vehicle used for passenger service on the

Port Island Line The , commonly known as is an urban automated guideway transit (AGT) system in Kobe, Japan, operated by Kobe New Transit. Opened in 1981, the Port Liner was the world's first List of automated train systems, driverless urban transit system, a fe ...

(Port Liner) of the

Kobe New Transit is the third-sector semipublic company that runs Port Island Line ("Port Liner") and Rokkō Island Line ("Rokkō Liner") automated guideway transit (AGT) systems in Kobe, Japan. When opened in 1981, the Port Liner was the world's first fully aut ...

. 8000 series was introduced on February 5, 1981 on the opening of the

. The introduction of the

Kobe New Transit 2000 series The is an automated guideway transit (AGT) vehicle used for passenger service on the Port Island Line (Port Liner) of the Kobe New Transit. The trains were introduced on February 2, 2006 to coincide with the extension of the Port Island Line t ...

in 2006 led to the gradual displacement of the 8000 series trains, the last of which was withdrawn on November 8, 2009. Electric multiple units of Japan Kobe New Transit Railway services introduced in 1980 Kawasaki multiple units