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E259 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 2009· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Series-E259-NE014 NEX: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Series-E259 NE018: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. E259 NE002 Jimmuji 20090423: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JR E259 成田エクスプレス Narita Express 本八幡駅 (20240524) - cropped: Takeshi Aida· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. JR East E259 Series "Marine Express Odoriko": T. Hanami· CC0
- 6. 2010-07-05 E259 at Shinagawa station: t-mizo· CC BY 2.0
- 7. E259 Series EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. E259-NEX-Yokosuka-Line: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. E259系 Ne001編成(新塗装)6両によるしおさい1号銚子行。小岩駅にて: Cookie0829· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. E259系ブルーリボン賞式典: ジョンドウ· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The E259 series (E259系) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan since October 2009 on Narita Express limited express services to and from Narita 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 17 years ago, in 2009.
- 21 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 290: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2009
- in service from
- 2009
- status
- in service
- number built
- 22
- 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 lines
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 21 m
- capacity
- 290 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q863417, Wikipedia: E259 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.