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E131 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2020· electric multiple unit train type operated by JR East in Japan
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Series-E131-R06: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JRE Series-E131-1000 T1: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 3. JRE Series-E131-800 N5: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 4. Series-E131-0 Outside Camera: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Series-E131-500 G02: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Series-E131-600 TN6: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. E131 series sets R03 and R04 20200828: 総武枝鉄channel· CC BY 3.0
- 8. E131 series sets R05 20210320 3143M: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. EF64 1032 with E131 series sets R03 and R04 20200828: -Nogizaka Eda Train- 乃木坂枝鉄channel· CC BY 3.0
- 10. JR East KumohaE131-5 20210320: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The E131 series (Japanese: E131系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It began operations in the Chiba area on 13 March 2021, on the Sagami Line on 18 November 2021, and on the Nikkō Line and the Utsunomiya Line on 12 March 2022. The trains are equipped for one-man operation (ワンマン, wanman).
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 6 years ago, in 2020.
- 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
- 2020
- in service from
- 2021
- number built
- 245
- 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
- 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 Q96193648, Wikipedia: E131 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.