#5946· 271 serie
271 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 2020· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR West Unit HA654 Tokyo side Kyoto 20191109: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 2. JRW271 Standard HARUKA: 日根野· CC0
what is it?
The 271 series (271系, 271-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on Haruka limited express services to and from Kansai International Airport.
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 6 years ago, in 2020.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2020
- in service from
- 2020
- status
- in service
- number built
- 18
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- overhead lines
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset
- Dutch name
- 271 serie
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q74187436, Wikipedia: 271 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.