#2764
63 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1944· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Numazu Station 1946: William J.Rees· Public domain
what is it?
The 63 series (63系) (and its generic offshoots) was a commuter electric multiple unit operated by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) and Japanese National Railways (JNR). The cars that made up the 63 series were numbered as MoHa 63, SaHa 78 and KuHa 79.
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 82 years ago, in 1944.
- Served for 19 years (1944–1963).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1944
- in service from
- 1944
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 688
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Ministry of Railways, Japanese National Railways, Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd., Nagoya Railroad, Nankai Electric Railway, Odakyu Electric Railway, Sagami Railway, Sanyo Electric Railway, Tobu Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4641947, Wikipedia: 63 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.