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ET122
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Niigata Transys· from 2015· Japanese diesel multiple unit train type operated by the Echigo Tokimeki Railway
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Echigo tokimeki railway ET122kei: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Series-ET122-1: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Echigo Tokimeki Railway ET122-8 20150510 01: ウツダー (Udda)· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 4. Series-ET122-1000: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. DMU ET122-2 and 8: IRishikawa521· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Echigo Tokimeki Railway ET122 Tomari: Start81· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Echigo Tokimeki Railway ET122-2 20220417: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Echigo Tokimeki Railway ET122-3 at Tomari Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Echigo Tokimeki Railway ET122-3 Naoetsu 20160811: Makoto Shimokoshi· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Echigo Tokimeki Railway ET122-3 Tomari 20220717: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The ET122 is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway (ETR) on the Nihonkai Hisui Line between Naoetsu and Ichiburi in Niigata Prefecture since operations on the line were transferred from West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on 14 March 2015. Built by Niigata Transys and based on the JR West KiHa 122 series DMU design, the fleet consists of a total of eight single-car units.
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 11 years ago, in 2015.
- 20.8 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
- 2015
- in service from
- 2015
- number built
- 10
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Niigata Transys
- operators
- Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 1/2 cars per unit
- length
- 20.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18702123, Wikipedia: ET122 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.