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HB-E220 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 2025· Japanese hybrid diesel-electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRE HB-E220 HB-E222-8: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 2. Hb-e220 morioka 0610testrun: Yaha chan· CC0
- 3. HB-E220-1 kamaishi sta: SoyShoyu· CC0
- 4. HB-E220系: 特急東海· CC0
- 5. JRE HB-E220-1: SoyShoyu· CC0
- 6. 八高線HB-E220系: 特急東海· CC0
- 7. 八高線明覚駅 HB-E220 20260110: Mikagekawase· CC BY 4.0
- 8. 八高線明覚駅 キハ110 HB-E220 20260110: Mikagekawase· CC BY 4.0
- 9. 盛岡車両センターへ甲種輸送される釜石線用のHB-E220系。（与野駅）: 急行妙高· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 釜石線 HB-E220: Dcsj6NwCC8k8· CC0
what is it?
The HB-E220 series (Japanese: HB-E220系) is a hybrid diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on services in the Takasaki and Morioka areas of Japan. 32 vehicles are to be built to replace ageing KiHa 100 series and KiHa 110 series DMUs.
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 1 years ago, in 2025.
- 20.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 243: 5 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
- 2025
- in service from
- 2025
- status
- in service
- number built
- 5
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 1/2 cars per unit
- length
- 20.6 m
- capacity
- 243 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q134549695, Wikipedia: HB-E220 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.