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what is it?
The 215 series (215系) was a bilevel suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in the Kantō region of Japan from 1992 to 2021.
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,010: 20 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 29 years (1992–2021).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1992
- in service from
- 1992
- retired
- 2021
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi, Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 10 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- capacity
- 1,010 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4630935, Wikipedia: 215 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.