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JR Shikoku 2600 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2017· diesel multiple unit train type operated by JR Shikoku in Japan
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR shikoku 2600series DMU 2601 at yoshinari: Spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 2600 series DMU 01: Binyan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JR shikoku 2600 takamatsu Station 20180421: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JR shikoku 2600series DMU 2602 anpanman at takamatsu: Spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. JR shikoku 2600series DMU 2652 anmanman at takamatsu: Spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 2600 series (2600系, 2600-kei) is a two-car tilting diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Japan since August 2017 on limited express services in Shikoku.
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- 331 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20.8 m long: about 5 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
- 2017
- in service from
- 2017
- status
- in service
- number built
- 4
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- Shikoku Railway Company
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 331 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 2 cars
- length
- 20.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28563450, Wikipedia: JR Shikoku 2600 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.