The Sotetsu 8000 series (相鉄8000系) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sotetsu) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, since 1990.
The safety system uses a dead man's switch and automatic train stop.
As of 1 April 2015[update], the fleet consists of 12 ten-car sets, formed as follows.
[2] Key: A total of 130 cars were built between 1990 and 2000 by Hitachi in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Set 8707 was involved in a collision with a track maintenance vehicle in March 2004, at Shonandai Station, and was scrapped in 2006.