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313 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1999· Japanese DC suburban electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Series313-Y14: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Series313 Y110 Y6: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 313 series (Japanese: 313系, Hepburn: 313-kei) is a DC suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Japan since 1999. The design was introduced from spring 1999 to replace older 113 and 115 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 27 years ago, in 1999.
- Still in service after 27 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1999
- in service from
- 1999
- status
- in service
- number built
- 541
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Central Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 2/3/4/6 cars per trainset
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4634713, Wikipedia: 313 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.