#5746· EV-E301 serie
EV-E301 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2014· Japanese battery electric train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR East EV-E300-1 V1 ACCUM Demonstration: Comyu· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Series EV-E301-V1: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 3. EV-E301 Zushi 20140121: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Series EV-E301 Free-space: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. EV-E301 and Kiha40 Ogane: Associate professor· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. EV-E301 Funado1: Associate professor· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. EV-E301 Information: Associate professor· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. EV-E301 Karasuyama1: Associate professor· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. EV-E301 Karasuyama2: Associate professor· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. EV-E301 Ogane1: Associate professor· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The EV-E301 series (EV-E301系) is a two-car battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on the Karasuyama Line and Tohoku Main Line since 15 March 2014. The train is branded as "Accum" (Akyumu).
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.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 265: 5 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
- 2014
- in service from
- 2014
- number built
- 8
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- battery
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead line
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- capacity
- 265 passengers
- Dutch name
- EV-E301 serie
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q13360053, Wikipedia: EV-E301 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.