#3701· JNR 115
115 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kisha Seizo· from 1963· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR East 115-Suka-color: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 2. Series115 6cars: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JNR 115 Hiroshima L-14: Kazusan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JRW EC 115 series D28: Mitsuki-2368 ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. 115kei omiya: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. EF63-115: Cassiopeia_sweet· Public domain
- 7. JR EAST 115 syanai 02: JobanLineE531 ( TC411-507 )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. JR EAST 115 syanai: JobanLineE531 ( TC411-507 )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. JRE-EC-115-Kurumaisu-Space: Cassiopeia sweet· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. 07070002: DRAGON BALL XYZ· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 115 series (115系, 115-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type developed by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and now operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West), and the Shinano Railway.
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 63 years ago, in 1963.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 63 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1963
- in service from
- 1963
- status
- in service
- number built
- 1,921
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kisha Seizo
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, East Japan Railway Company, Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company, Shinano Railway, Izukyū Corporation
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead lines
- length
- 20 m
- Dutch name
- JNR 115
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1676650, Wikipedia: 115 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.