#5790· HB-E210
HB-E210 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2015· Japanese hybrid battery/diesel multiple unit train
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HB-E210-C1: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. HB-E210 C1 C2 Zushi 20150113: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. HB-E210 DT75B Zushi 20150113: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. HB-E210 TR260B Zushi 20150113: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. HB-E210 C-2 Rikuzen-Sanno 20150128 (1): ttzshirasawa· CC BY 3.0
- 6. HB-E210 C-2 Rikuzen-Sanno 20150128 (2): ttzshirasawa· CC BY 3.0
- 7. HB-E210 C-2 Shinainuma 20150127: ttzshirasawa· CC BY 3.0
- 8. HB-E210 C-3 5531D Rikuzen-sanno 20150614: ttzshirasawa· CC BY 3.0
- 9. HB-E210 C-7: Nickel 2 Train· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. HB-E210: HiroNETinc· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The HB-E210 series (HB-E210系) is a hybrid diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on Senseki-Tōhoku Line services in the Sendai area since 30 May 2015.
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.
- Seats 262: 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
- 2015
- in service from
- 2015
- number built
- 16
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- capacity
- 262 passengers
- Dutch name
- HB-E210
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16939056, Wikipedia: HB-E210 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
