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733 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2012· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRH Series733 B107: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 2. 733 series B-116 LED destination indicator Sapporo 20131115: レジリデンス (RJD)· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The 733 series (733系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) on suburban services in the Sapporo area of Hokkaido, Japan, since 1 June 2012.
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 21.2 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
- 2012
- in service from
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 183
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Hokkaido Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 230 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 20 kV AC (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 3/6 cars per trainset
- length
- 21.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4643257, Wikipedia: 733 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.