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273 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 2024· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRW Series273-Y1: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 2. JRW EC 273 series Y2 20240410: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JRW EC 273 series Y2 20231202: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 273 series (273系) is a Japanese train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on Yakumo limited express services on the Sanyo Main Line, Hakubi Line and Sanin Main Line. Announced on 16 February 2022, it has replaced the JNR-era 381 series.
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 2 years ago, in 2024.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2024
- in service from
- 2024
- status
- in service
- number built
- 44
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q110934166, Wikipedia: 273 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.