#5770· JR West type 227
227 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2015· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 227 series A03 20151121: kh ws· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 227 series S11 20151028: kh ws· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. JRW 227 series L6: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 227 series (227系, 227-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) for use on suburban services in the Kansai and Chūgoku regions of Japan since 14 March 2015. On 14 March 2015, the 227-0 series trains, branded "Red Wing", commenced operation in the Hiroshima area. They are the first new train to be introduced to the Hiroshima area in 32 years.
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 11 years ago, in 2015.
- 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
- 2015
- in service from
- 2015
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 270 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 2/3 cars per trainset
- length
- 19.6 m
- Dutch name
- JR West type 227
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18161244, Wikipedia: 227 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.