#3457
155 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kisha Seizo· from 1959· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kuha155: 栗原 岳 (Gaku Kurihara)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 155 series Izu Shinagawa: vvvf1025· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 155 series (155系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) from 1959 until 1983. They were originally designed for and used on school excursion trains running between Tokyo and the "Keihanshin" Kyoto/Osaka/Kobe area via the Tokaido Main Line.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Served for 24 years (1959–1983).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1959
- in service from
- 1959
- retired
- 1983
- status
- retired
- number built
- 48
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kisha Seizo, Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Japanese National Railways
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 4/8 cars per set
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421542, Wikipedia: 155 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.