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GV-E400 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2019· Japanese diesel-electric multiple unit train
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR East GV-E400-1 20200404: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. JRE GV-E400 Uetsu-main-line: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. GV-E400-14: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. GV-E400 402-17: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. GV-e400 DSC 0431: DR17 Sagittarius Runaway· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. GV-E400 快速あがの: サイエンス· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. GV-E400-18 at Higashi-Noshiro Station 20210411: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. GV-E400-19 at Innai Station 20250426: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. GV-E400: Jpgmgdtpm· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. JR East GV-E400 17th unit at Iwadate 20201212b: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The GV-E400 series (GV-E400系) is a diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in the Niigata and Akita areas of Japan from 2019.
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.
- 19.5 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
- 2019
- in service from
- 2019
- number built
- 63
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 1/2 cars per unit
- length
- 19.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q31833175, Wikipedia: GV-E400 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.