#4928· JR Kyushu 813
813 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kyushu Railway Company· from 1994· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Series813-R204: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Series813-R006: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JRKyushu-813-R1110-20091101: LERK· CC BY 3.0
- 4. 2014-09-01 JR Kyushu 813 and 811 trains at Mojiko Station: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 2014-09-01 JR Kyushu 813 at Kokura Station: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. JR Kyushu 813 series At mojiko: Pakawut kenta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. JR Kyushu 813 Series EMU-R204: G43· CC BY 3.0
- 8. JR Kyushu 813 Series EMU-R233: G43· CC BY 3.0
- 9. JR Kyushu 813-200-RM233-Kagoshima Main Line-Dazaifu-20090904-154928: Amayagan ( talk )· CC0
- 10. JRKyushu 813series dazaifu 20090904162042: Amayagan· CC0
what is it?
The 813 series (813系) is an AC electric multiple unit train type operated on local services by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Japan since 1994.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 32 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- status
- in service
- number built
- 254
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kyushu Railway Company, Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Kyushu Railway Company
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset (until 2003), 3 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- Dutch name
- JR Kyushu 813
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4644496, Wikipedia: 813 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.