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JR Shikoku 2700 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2019· diesel multiple unit train type operated by JR Shikoku in Japan
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR Series2700-2780 Dosan-Line: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 2700 series DMU: Binyan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JR shikoku 2700 20190311 Tadotsu Factory: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JR Shikoku 2700: みうらひろゆき· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. JR shikoku 2700series DMU 2706+2756 at tokushima: Spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. JRS 2700 series 2706 uzushio 20220102: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. JRS 2700 series 2710 Nanpu 20220102: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. JR四国 特急南風号 2700系気動車の車内: Gogchannel· CC BY 4.0
- 9. 20231017 084342 - Flickr - 7beachbum: 7beachbum from Tsuruoka, Japan· CC BY 2.0
- 10. JR Shikoku Class 2700(2800) (21112814042): 先従隗始· CC0
what is it?
The 2700 series (2700系, 2700-kei) is a tilting diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) and Tosa Kuroshio Railway on limited express services in Shikoku, Japan.
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.
- 331 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 134: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
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
- 41
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- Shikoku Railway Company, Tosa Kuroshio Railway
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 331 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 2/3 cars
- length
- 20.8 m
- capacity
- 134 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65009934, Wikipedia: JR Shikoku 2700 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.