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FV-E991 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2022· Japanese fuel cell electric multiple unit train
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SERIES FV-E991 SOUND OF HYDROGEN: Aoba vf1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JRE Series FV-E991-1: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 3. JR East FV-E991 at Japan Mobility Show 2023: SuFlyer· CC0
- 4. JR East FV-E991 front: SuFlyer· CC0
- 5. JR East FV-E991 rear at Japan Mobility Show 2023: SuFlyer· CC0
- 6. JR East FV-E991 under floor 01 at Japan Mobility Show 2023: SuFlyer· CC0
- 7. JR East FV-E991 under floor 02 at Japan Mobility Show 2023: SuFlyer· CC0
- 8. JRE FV-E991-1 Power-converter-box: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
what is it?
The FV-E991 series (FV-E991系), nicknamed HYBARI, is a hydrogen fuel cell electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) from 2022. This series will be used as a test unit to collect data for future development and deployment of fuel cell vehicles. Starting in 2021, JR East will conduct trials on the Tsurumi and Nambu lines and expects to have the technology ready for commercial application by 2024.
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 4 years ago, in 2022.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2022
- in service from
- 2022
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- hydrogen
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 95 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 2 cars per unit
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q104855163, Wikipedia: FV-E991 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.