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321 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 2005· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Series-321-D17 (2021-11-25): Himeji-Higashi11184· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Series321-D11: Himeji-Higashi11184· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 321 series (321系, 321-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in the Kansai Region of Japan.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- Weighs about as much as 39 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 137 m long: about 30 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 21 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- in service from
- 2005
- status
- in service
- number built
- 273
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 270 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead
- formation
- 7 cars per trainset
- length
- 137 m
- weight
- 233 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q846768, Wikipedia: 321 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.