#4617· JNR 207
207 series (JR East)
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1986· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JNR-207-EMU: まも (Mamo)· Public domain
what is it?
The 207 series (207系) or 207–900 series (207系900番台) was a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type introduced in 1986 by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on through services between the Joban Line and Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line. Only one 10-car set was built, which was withdrawn in December 2009.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- 3.6 MW is about 42 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 50 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 23 years (1986–2009).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1986
- in service from
- 1986
- retired
- 2009
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 3.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 10 cars per trainset
- length
- 19.5 m
- weight
- 300 t
- Dutch name
- JNR 207
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q848902, Wikipedia: 207 series (JR East) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.