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323 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2016· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 323系電車(大阪城公園駅): MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Series323-LS21: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 3. 323 Series LS15 USJ-SNW: 223系新快速· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 323 series (323系, 323-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on the Osaka Loop Line in Osaka, Japan, since December 2016. The trains replaced the ageing 103 series and 201 series trains.
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 10 years ago, in 2016.
- 20 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
- 2016
- in service from
- 2016
- number built
- 176
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 220 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11226306, Wikipedia: 323 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.