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E653 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1997· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. E653-1000 U104 Inaho 5 20140731: ttzshirasawa· CC BY 3.0
- 2. E653-1000 Inaho 5 Sakamachi 20140322: ttzshirasawa· CC BY 3.0
- 3. E653-1000 U106 train set at Akita 20190317b: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. E653-1000 U107 train set at Akita 20190803b: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. E653-1100 H202 20150302: ja:User:Shinetsu115· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. E653 Fresh Hitachi 20100124: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. E653 K305 Tomobe 20080524: TC411-507 at Japanese Wikipedia a.k.a JobanLineE531 This photo was taken with Canon EOS 450D· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. E653 K71: Zushi-Wiki· CC BY 4.0
- 9. JREast-E653-K304: LERK· CC BY 3.0
- 10. Series-E653-1000 K70: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The E653 series (E653系) is an AC/DC dual-voltage electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan on limited express services since 1997. Originally used on Joban Line Fresh Hitachi limited express services between Ueno in Tokyo and Iwaki, they were reallocated to Niigata for use on Inaho limited express services from 2013 and on Shirayuki limited express services from 2015.
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 29 years ago, in 1997.
- 21.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 29 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1997
- in service from
- 1997
- status
- in service
- number built
- 72
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Hitachi
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC / 20 kV AC (50/60 Hz)
- formation
- 4/7 cars per trainset
- length
- 21.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5322431, Wikipedia: E653 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.