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E331 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2007· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. E331 Soga 20100503: Memorin（上総っぽ◆C57/N774P.）· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 2. E331-VIS: パチョレンコ at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. E331 AK1 Kunitachi 20140325: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. E331 DT73 Kunitachi 20140325: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. E331 Keiyo Line 20100627: とく@Twingoな日々 (Toku@Twingo na hibi)· CC BY-SA 2.1 jp
- 6. E331 Omiya 20061114: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. E331 TR257 car 8 Kunitachi 20140325: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. E331 TR258 Kunitachi 20140325: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. E331 cars 1-7 Yamate 20060309: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. E331 Tokyo 20100502: とく@Twingoな日々 (Toku@Twingo na hibi)· CC BY-SA 2.1 jp
what is it?
The E331 series (E331系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train introduced experimentally from 2007 on commuter services on the Keiyo Line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Only one trainset was built, and it differed significantly from other JR commuter EMUs in having articulated cars with shared bogies and using direct-drive motors.
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 19 years ago, in 2007.
- 13.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 7 years (2007–2014).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2007
- in service from
- 2007
- retired
- 2014
- status
- retired
- number built
- 14
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- formation
- 14 cars per trainset
- length
- 13.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q842715, Wikipedia: E331 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.