Only one train in the world - Echizen Railway 5000 series EMU car 5001

Echizen Railway (えちぜん鉄道株式会社 Echizen Tetsudō Kabushikigaisha) is a third-sector railway operating company located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It owns and operates the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line between Fukui and Katsuyama and the Mikuni Awara Line between Fukui and Sakai.
In 1992, Keifuku Electric Railway, the predecessor of Echizen Railway, announced that it would end services between Higashi-Furuichi (now Eiheijiguchi) and Katsuyama stations on the Eiheiji Main Line (now the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line) as well as all service on the Eiheiji Line and replace them with buses. However, for several years this was fought by local municipalities; in 1997, the city of Fukui and other municipalities along the railway lines announced they would establish a committee to provide support to the company to continue operating the lines.
And as a new car for the first time in 40 years 5000 series EMU car 5001 and 5002 were manufactured in 1999 with the assistance of the municipalities of the provinces, prefectures, along the western municipalities.
However, two accidents in a six-month span on the Eiheiji Main Line (one on December 17, 2000, between Shiizakai and Higashi-Furuichi stations and another on June 24, 2001, between Hossaka and Hota stations) forced the company to halt all services. The resulting effect on revenue led to the company's decision to withdraw from the railway business, and in October 2001 it officially notified the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
In the 2001 accident 5002 wrecked and was abandoned without being repaired.
As the Eiheiji Main Line and Mikuni Awara Line were considered to be a crucial means of transport, Fukui Prefecture decided to set up a third-sector company to continue operating railway services and established Echizen Railway in 2002. On February 1, 2003, Keifuku formally transferred all tracks and equipment to Echizen Railway, and the Echizen Main Line was renamed the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line.
Partial service on both lines resumed on July 19, 2003, with full service resuming on the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line on August 10 and on the Mikuni Awara Line on October 19.
Echinzan Railway do not make additional production of 5000 series, replaced old cars with second-hand cars of other companies.
The 5000 series became a train that has only one train in the world.
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