E7 and W7 Series Shinkansen

what is it?

The E7 series (Japanese: E7系) and W7 series (W7系) Shinkansen are Japanese high-speed electric multiple unit train types operated on the Hokuriku and Jōetsu Shinkansen lines, and jointly developed by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) respectively. The E7 series has operated since 15 March 2014 on the Hokuriku Shinkansen. It also operates on the Jōetsu Shinkansen following the March 2019 timetable revision.

who runs it

East Japan Railway CompanyWest Japan Railway Company

base stats

• speed 275 km/htop speed
• power 12 MWpower output
• weight 540 tin working order
• seats 934passengers
• built 852made in total

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 12 years ago, in 2014.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 9 minutes.
• 🚗12 MW is about 141 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 90 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏26 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 934: 19 full city buses (~50 seats each).

high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.

spec sheet

built

2014

in service from

2014

status

in service

number built

852

kind

high-speed train

traction

electric

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Hitachi, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Kinki Sharyo, Hitachi Kasado Works

designer

Ken Okuyama

operators

East Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company

top speed

275 km/h

power

12 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

Overhead line:, 3, 3

formation

12 cars per set

length

26 m

weight

540 t

capacity

934 passengers

Dutch name

E7 Series Shinkansen

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.