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167 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kisha Seizo· from 1965· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRE EC167 19920726: Cassiopeia sweet .· Public domain
what is it?
The 167 series (167系, 167-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type introduced in 1965 by Japanese National Railways (JNR), and later operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) until 2003.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Served for 38 years (1965–2003).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965
- in service from
- 1965
- retired
- 2003
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kisha Seizo
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, East Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- 120 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 4 cars per set
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16934362, Wikipedia: 167 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.