#6378· E995
NE Train
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· Experimental Japanese train type
7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR East E995-1 omiya 20111015: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. JR East E995-1 omiya-20111015: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. KiYaE991 NE Train Omiya Works 20040529: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. KiYa E991-1 NE Train Zushi 20030422: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. JR East E995-1 omiya-1: まも· Public domain
- 6. JR East E995-1 omiya-2: まも· Public domain
- 7. JR East E995-1 omiya: まも (Mamo)· Public domain
what is it?
The "NE Train" (NEトレイン) (New Energy Train) was an experimental railcar which was used to test multiple alternative power sources by the Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) and East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan from 2003 to 2022.
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
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- retired
- 2020
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- 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
- formation
- Single car
- length
- 20 m
- Dutch name
- E995
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3658611, Wikipedia: NE Train (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.