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#5790· HB-E210

HB-E210 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2015· Japanese hybrid battery/diesel multiple unit train

HB-E210 series, photo 1 of 10
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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

  • speed 100 km/htop speed
  • seats 262passengers
  • built 16made in total

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.

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