1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRH Series721 F4103: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
what is it?
The 721 series (721系) is an AC electric multiple unit (EMU) operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) on Sapporo area suburban services in Hokkaido, Japan since 1988.
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.
- 21.7 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 38 years.
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
- status
- in service
- number built
- 135
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Hokkaido Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead line)
- formation
- 3/6 cars per trainset
- length
- 21.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4643149, Wikipedia: 721 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.