#5733· serie 8600
8600 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2014· type of 2- or 3-car electric multiple units operated by JR Shikoku
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR shikoku 8600 series EMU ishizuchi shiokaze: Spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JR shikoku 8600 series EMU 8602+8752 kanonji: Spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. JR shikoku 8600 series EMU 8602 takamatsu: Spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JR shikoku 8600 series EMU 8752 takamatsu: Spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 8600 series (8600系) is a tilting limited express electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Shikoku, Japan, on Ishizuchi limited express services between Takamatsu and Matsuyama since June 2014, replacing ageing 2000 series diesel multiple unit trains. A total of 17 vehicles were delivered by February 2018, replacing all diesel units on the route.
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 12 years ago, in 2014.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 153: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2014
- in service from
- 2014
- status
- in service
- number built
- 7
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- Shikoku Railway Company
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 220 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 2/3 cars per set
- length
- 20.8 m
- capacity
- 153 passengers
- Dutch name
- serie 8600
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15235033, Wikipedia: 8600 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.