#5576· JR West type 225
225 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2010· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Series-225-U2 (2021-12-19): Himeji-Higashi11184· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JR West 225-0 Series I1 Special Rapid: ゆなな· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JR225-5100-tsunami-hashigo: 小倉商事· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. JRW 225 series ML02: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 225 series (225系, 225-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) on suburban services in the "Keihanshin" Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe area since December 2010.
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 16 years ago, in 2010.
- 19.6 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
- 2010
- in service from
- 2010
- number built
- 480
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC Overhead
- formation
- 8/6/4 cars per trainset
- length
- 19.6 m
- Dutch name
- JR West type 225
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4631265, Wikipedia: 225 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.