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E721 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2007· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. E721&SAT721: Kuha455405· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. E721-1000 intermediate cars Jimmuji 20160923: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JR-East-E721-1000: Mutimaro· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. JRE E721 500: Kuha455405· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. E721-500series KUHA E720-501: Haranomachi· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. E721-500series KUMOHAE721-501: Haranomachi· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. 2007-08-13 JR East E721 at Sendai: breakover· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. 230729 Ichinoseki Station Ichinoseki Iwate pref Japan06s3: 663highland· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Aizu E721: りんご蔵王(2代目)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Ayashista platform: E3uematsu· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The E721 series (Japanese: E721系) is an AC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on services in the Sendai area of Japan since February 2007.
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.
- 20 m long: about 4 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
- 2007
- in service from
- 2007
- number built
- 146
- kind
- electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company, Sendai Airport Line
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 125 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 2 or 4 cars per set
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5322440, Wikipedia: E721 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.