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251 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1990· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRE EC251: Yaguchi· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Series251: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 251 series (Japanese: 251系) was a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on Tokaido Main Line Super View Odoriko limited express services in Japan between April 1990 and March 2020.
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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 30 years (1990–2020).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1990
- in service from
- 1990
- retired
- 2020
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- formation
- 10 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4632073, Wikipedia: 251 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.