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JR Shikoku 7000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1990· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR-Series7000-7011: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JR Shikoku Series 7000 Using Rapid Sunport: kazusan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. JR Shikoku 7000 20250425: CT-May· CC0
- 4. JR Shikoku 7000 20250429: CT-May· CC0
- 5. JR Shikoku 7000 20251115: CT-May· CC0
- 6. JR Shikoku7000: Kansai explorer· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. JR四国7000系: Hinpon· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Shikoku 7000Series OneMan: Awaikeda's Salad· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 7000 series (7000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Shikoku, Japan, since November 1990.
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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- 480 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 21.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1990
- in service from
- 1990
- number built
- 36
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Shikoku Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 480 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 1-3 cars per trainset
- length
- 21.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5365249, Wikipedia: JR Shikoku 7000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.