#5615· JR West type 287
287 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2011· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR West 287 FA06 20130105 01: ウツダー This photo was taken with Canon EOS 7D· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 2. JRW EC 287 series FA04: Mitsuki-2368 ( talk· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 287 series (287系, 287-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in Japan on limited express services such as the Kinosaki and Kounotori from Kyoto and Osaka since 12 March 2011. 287 series EMUs were introduced on Kuroshio services from the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012. A total of 97 vehicles were built.
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 15 years ago, in 2011.
- 21.1 m long: about 5 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
- 2011
- in service from
- 2011
- number built
- 97
- 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
- 270 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 3/4/6 cars per trainset
- length
- 21.1 m
- Dutch name
- JR West type 287
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4632701, Wikipedia: 287 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.