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169 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1969· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JNR 169 myouko 3: spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 169 series (169系) was an express electric multiple unit (EMU) train type introduced in 1969 by Japanese National Railways (JNR), and later operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) until 1996 and by Shinano Railway in Nagano Prefecture until 2013. The 169 series was developed from the 165 series EMUs.
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 57 years ago, in 1969.
- Served for 44 years (1969–2013).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1969
- in service from
- 1969
- retired
- 2013
- status
- retired
- number built
- 187
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, East Japan Railway Company, Shinano Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12052430, Wikipedia: 169 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.