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E501 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1995· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Jreast e501: Chabata k· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Series-E501-K701: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. E501 K752 in Mito Line: TC411-507 at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 4. E501 SAKIGAKE Hitachi-20250830: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. E501系JR九州譲渡回送: Odakyu1254· CC0
- 6. 2019-05-03 JR East E501: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. E501 mito: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. E501 shimodate: Rsa at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. E501: プログラマリオ· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. E501系 水戸駅: イヨー(よこがわら)· CC0
what is it?
The E501 series (E501系) is a dual-voltage AC/DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated on local services by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan since December 1995.
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- 20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 31 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1995
- in service from
- 1995
- status
- in service
- number built
- 60
- 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
- 120 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- / (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 5/10 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5322417, Wikipedia: E501 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.