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107 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by East Japan Railway Company· from 1988· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRE107NikkoLineNewColor: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. JR East 107-100 Ryōmō-Line 4 cars: Cfktj1596· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JR East 107-100-2: TC411-507· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JR East 107 2012-09-26: eitarov· CC BY 2.0
- 5. JR East 107 at Nikkō Station 2012-12-24: Antti T. Nissinen· CC BY 2.0
- 6. JR East 107-100: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 7. JR East 107: JobanLineE531· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. JR East Japan 107 Series EC Nikkou Line: Hyper Maniac Man· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. JR-East 107 Series at Kuroiso Station: Breakover· Public domain
what is it?
The 107 series (107系) was a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type that was operated on local services by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan from 1988 to 2017.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 38 years ago, in 1988.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 25 years (1988–2013).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1988
- in service from
- 1988
- retired
- 2013
- status
- retired
- number built
- 54
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- East Japan Railway Company
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4546728, Wikipedia: 107 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.