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701 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by East Japan Railway Company· from 1993· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Aoi mori701: Original uploader was UE-PON2600· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Series701-N9: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 10th Anniversary Aoimori 701 series at Aomori Station: Mccunicano· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 2008-06-06 trains at Akita Station: sodai gomi· CC BY 2.0
- 5. 2016-10-13 JR East 701 in Akita livery at Ugo-Sakai Station: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. 2016-10-13 JR East 701 in Akita livery: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. 2016-10-13 JR East 701-5000 and JR East 701 in Akita livery: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. 2016-10-15 JR East 701 at Aomori Station: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. 230729 Ichinoseki Station Ichinoseki Iwate pref Japan07s3: 663highland· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 701 1000 aomori: Nee751· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 701 series (701系, 701-kei) is an AC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated on local services by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Aoimori Railway, and Iwate Galaxy Railway (IGR) in Japan. The design is derived from the 209 series commuter EMU, and was intended to replace locomotive-hauled trains formed of JNR 50 series coaches in the north of Japan.
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 33 years ago, in 1993.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 33 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993
- in service from
- 1993
- status
- in service
- number built
- 274
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- East Japan Railway Company, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Akita General Rolling Stock Center
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company, Aoimori Railway Company, Iwate Galaxy Railway Line, IGR Iwate Galaxy Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 2, 3 or 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4642968, Wikipedia: 701 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.