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419 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japanese National Railways· from 1985· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JNR 419 series EMU 014: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 419 series (419系, 419-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type introduced in 1985 by Japanese National Railways (JNR), and later operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) on local services along the Japan Sea coast of Japan until March 2011. They were converted from former 583 series sleeping car EMUs in the 1980s.
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 41 years ago, in 1985.
- 20.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 27 years (1985–2012).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1985
- in service from
- 1985
- retired
- 2012
- status
- retired
- number built
- 45
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japanese National Railways
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC / 20 kV AC (50/60 Hz)
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16934374, Wikipedia: 419 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.