2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR Kyushu 783 series EMU Kamome express 2011: ぱちょぴ（投稿者）· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Series783-CM1: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 783 series (783系) is an AC electric multiple unit train type operated on limited express services by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Japan since March 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.
- 21.1 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
- 90
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi, Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Kyushu Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 20 kV AC 60 Hz
- formation
- 4/5 cars per trainset
- length
- 21.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4643640, Wikipedia: 783 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.