10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EV-E801 G1 train set at Akita 20190803a: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JR East EV-E801 exhibition at Akita Station 20170224-a: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JR East EV-E801 exhibition at Akita Station 20170224-d: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Sideview of EV-E801: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. EV-E801 G1 train set at Akita 20190803b: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. EV-E801系: Kiha railway· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. JR East EV-E801 Charge electricity at Oga Station 20210507: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. JR East EV-E801 exhibition at Akita Station 20170224-b: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. JR East EV-E801 exhibition at Akita Station 20170224-c: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. JR East EV-E801 exhibition at Akita Station 20170224-e: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The EV-E801 series (EV-E801系, EV-E801-kei) is a two-car battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on the Oga Line in Akita Prefecture in northern Japan since 4 March 2017. The train is branded as "Accum" (Akyumu).
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 256: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2017
- in service from
- 2017
- number built
- 12
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- battery
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 20 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- capacity
- 256 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088481, Wikipedia: EV-E801 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.