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E261 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2019· electric multiple unit train type operated by JR East in Japan
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SeriesE261-RS2: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JRE-Series-E261 RS2: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Saphir odoriko E261 6 person Compartment: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Saphir odoriko E261 cafeteria: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Saphir odoriko E261 cafeteria ramen: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Saphir odoriko E261 green car: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Saphir odoriko E261 premium green car: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. E261 Series EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. E261-RS1: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. JR East E261 Atami RS1 2020-3-21: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The E261 series (Japanese: E261系, Hepburn: E261-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan on Saphir Odoriko limited express services between Tokyo and Izukyū-Shimoda. It was designed to replace the older 251 series trains that were used on Super View Odoriko limited express services from April 28, 1990, until March 13, 2020.
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 7 years ago, in 2019.
- 21.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 164: 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
- 2019
- in service from
- 2020
- number built
- 16
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Hitachi, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- designer
- Ken Okuyama Design
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- overhead lines
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 21.4 m
- capacity
- 164 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q85758123, Wikipedia: E261 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.