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253 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1991· East Japan Passenger Railway 253 series train: Japanese electric multiple unit train type（1991-）
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 253 series 20080601: LERK· CC BY 3.0
- 2. 253 series Ne202 NEX 19 Ikebukuro 20030822: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 253 series (253系) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It was introduced on 19 March 1991 for use exclusively on the Narita Express, a limited express service linking Narita International Airport with stations in the Tokyo area. The 253 series trains were withdrawn from Narita Express services on 30 June 2010, with two trains redeployed on Nikkō and Kinugawa limited express services from June 2011.
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 35 years ago, in 1991.
- 20.9 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 35 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1991
- in service from
- 1991
- status
- in service
- number built
- 111
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead wire)
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset (3 cars in the past)
- length
- 20.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q859003, Wikipedia: 253 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.