10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 8000 siokaze: Spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. JR shikoku 8000 8202 8502 takamatsu: spaceaero2· CC BY 3.0
- 3. JR shikoku 8000 ishiduchi 5 8502+8202 takamatsu: spaceaero2· CC BY 3.0
- 4. JR shikoku 8000 series 8001 niihama: spaceaero2· CC BY 3.0
- 5. JR shikoku 8000 series L 8400 ohura: spaceaero2· CC BY 3.0
- 6. JR shikoku 8000series 8001 niihama: spaceaero2· CC BY 3.0
- 7. JR shikoku 8000series 8201 niihama: spaceaero2· CC BY 3.0
- 8. JR shikoku 8000series 8503 anpanman train: Spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. JR Shikoku 5000 series EMU 8000 series EMU: Yamaguchi Yoshiaki· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. JR Shikoku 8000 20170611: Suicasmo· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 8000 series (8000系) is a tilting limited express electric multiple unit (EMU) train operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Shikoku, Japan, since 1992.
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- 22.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 281: 6 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
- 1992
- in service from
- 1992
- number built
- 48
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi, Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Shikoku Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 3/5 cars per trainset
- length
- 22.6 m
- capacity
- 281 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6108903, Wikipedia: JR Shikoku 8000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.