#5782· treintype E235 (JR East)
E235 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2015· Japanese train type introduced in 2015
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Series-E235-0 9: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. E235-1000 series Green car Saro E234-1001: みんと ちょこ· CC BY 3.0
- 3. E235 TypeE235-TypeE233: Rsa This photo was taken with Sony DSC-HX5V· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JRE Series-E235-15 150th: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. JReast-E235-DT80: Stealth3327· CC0
- 6. Series-E235-0 4: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Series-E235-1000 Green-car-1F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Series-E235-1000 Green-car-2F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Series-E235-1000 J10: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. (JPN-Tokyo) JR East Yamanote Line E235-0 series 17 @ Shibuya 2026-06-11: S5A-0043· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The E235 series (E235系, E235-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter and suburban train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The commuter variant was introduced on Yamanote Line services in November 2015, and the suburban variant entered service on the Sōbu Rapid and Yokosuka Lines on 21 December 2020.
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 11 years ago, in 2015.
- 20 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
- 2015
- in service from
- 2015
- status
- in service
- number built
- 1,265
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 11/4/10 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- Dutch name
- treintype E235 (JR East)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17419083, Wikipedia: E235 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.