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E231 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by East Japan Railway Company· from 2000· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRE Series-E231 B11: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. E231 green car 2F 20260419: 延岡· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. E231 series set Mato 139 20210413-1 (cropped): 日頃の行い· CC BY 3.0
- 4. E231 tokaido main line: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. E231系0番台マト101編成: えぬはち· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. East Japan Railway Company E231-500 Series Tou 514 set: T. Hanami· CC0
- 7. JRE Series-E231-0 B11: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. JRE Series-E231-0 MU19: MaedaAkihiko This photo was taken with Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ1000 II· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. JRE Series-E231-800 K5: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. JREast Saro E231-1045: The original uploader was ISHIDA at Japanese Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The E231 series (E231系, E231-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type used for commuter and outer-suburban services operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan since 2000.
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 26 years ago, in 2000.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 10 years (2000–2010).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2000
- in service from
- 2000
- retired
- 2010
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2,736
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- East Japan Railway Company, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- overhead line
- formation
- 4/5/8/10 cars per trainset (Previously also 11)
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q93895, Wikipedia: E231 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.