#5360· E531
E531 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2005· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. E531系0番台カツK425編成: えぬはち· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. E531 K451 classic red train revival color 20211126: Cfktj1596· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JR East E531 series Tōhoku Main Line test run 20171005: Cfktj1596· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Salo-E531-17 Green-car-1F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Salo-E531-17 Green-car-2F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 20211113 JRE E531 K451 Oyama Station: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. E531 joban: ラブライブ！ 駅名動画· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. E531-hiyouji: 七号· Public domain
- 9. E531系0番台カツK406編成: えぬはち· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. IMG E531 品川行: Taiga.sato· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The E531 series (Japanese: E531系, Hepburn: E531-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. It was introduced by JR East on 9 July 2005 to replace the aging 403 and 415 series EMUs running on the Jōban Line from Ueno Station in Tokyo. The stock is a dual-voltage (1,500 V DC & 20 kV AC) development of the DC-only E231 series suburban EMU design, and can run at speeds of up to 130 km/h (81 mph) in service.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 21 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- in service from
- 2005
- status
- in service
- number built
- 461
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- and 20 kV 50 Hz AC, both from overhead catenary
- formation
- 5/10 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- Dutch name
- E531
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4384737, Wikipedia: E531 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.