#4527
715 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japanese National Railways· from 1984· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR Kyusyu holiday kuha715-7: spaceaero2 This photo was taken with Canon AE-1 Program· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 715 series (715系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type introduced in February 1984 by Japanese National Railways (JNR), and later operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) on local services in Japan. They were converted from former 581/583 series sleeping car EMUs.
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 42 years ago, in 1984.
- 20.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 14 years (1984–1998).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1984
- in service from
- 1984
- retired
- 1998
- status
- retired
- number built
- 108
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japanese National Railways
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, East Japan Railway Company, Kyushu Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 20 kV AC (60 Hz) (715-0 series), 20 kV AC (50/60 Hz) (715-1000 series)
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4643082, Wikipedia: 715 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.