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what is it?
The Class 962 (Japanese: 962形) was a six-car Japanese Shinkansen train built in 1979 as the prototype for the new (200 series) trains to be operated on the Tōhoku Shinkansen and Jōetsu Shinkansen routes. After the lines opened in 1982 it was converted into the Class 925-10, part of the Doctor Yellow series of track inspection trains.
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 47 years ago, in 1979.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 11 minutes.
- 25 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 24 years (1979–2003).
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 1979
- in service from
- 1979
- retired
- 2003
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- high-speed train
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Japanese National Railways
- top speed
- 210 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC, 50/60 Hz, Overhead catenary
- formation
- 6 cars
- length
- 25 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5127956, Wikipedia: Class 962 Shinkansen (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.