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JR Shikoku 5000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2003· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRS Series5000-M5 Marine-liner-41: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JR Shikoku 5000 series EMU 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 5000 Series EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. JR Shikoku 5000 Series Marinraina: Covaryo at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. JR5000系: 由紀奈· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. JRS 5000 series 5003 car 2008-02-03: 特急ソニック at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. 5100gata-1kai: ＳＴＫ· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. 5100gata-2kai: ＳＴＫ· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. DSCN6158 (50372423516): John Seb Barber from Leeds, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 10. DSCN6163 (50405562202): John Seb Barber from Leeds, UK· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The 5000 series (5000系) is a suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Shikoku, Japan. Seven 2-car sets were introduced in 2003 by JR Shikoku along with the JR West 223-5000 series. 223–2000 series cars were later added to each set, and these were renumbered 5201 to 5207.
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 23 years ago, in 2003.
- 20.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 23 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2003
- in service from
- 2003
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Shikoku Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6108898, Wikipedia: JR Shikoku 5000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.