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E129 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2014· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Series-E129-JReast: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JRE Series-E129 A6: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. E129 a roof: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. E129 B9 Tsuchitaru 20160430: ラブライブ！ 駅名動画· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. E129: Kiha 40-2020· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Hakushin-Line Series-E129-B9: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 7. JRE E129 at Tsubame Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. JRE E129 at Yoshida Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. JR東日本E129系&えちごトキめき鉄道ET122形: JNR 201· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Siozawa Station E129: Rebirth10· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The E129 series (E129系) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on local services in the Niigata area since 6 December 2014.
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 12 years ago, in 2014.
- 19.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2014
- in service from
- 2014
- number built
- 176
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 2/4 cars per trainset
- length
- 19.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q13582664, Wikipedia: E129 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.