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JR Shikoku 1000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Niigata Transys· from 1990· Japanese diesel multiple unit train type
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRS Type1000 1021: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JR Shikoku 1000: JR四国 高徳線 ユーザー· Public domain
- 3. JR-Shikoku-1000series: オナガドリ at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JRS 1000 series 1001: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. JR四国1000形気動車 リニューアル車 阿波川島駅: ShutetsuTrain· CC BY 4.0
- 6. Shikoku 1000Series: Awaikeda's Salad· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 1000 series (1000形) is a single-car diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated on local regional services by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Japan since 1990.
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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 36 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1990
- in service from
- 1990
- status
- in service
- number built
- 56
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Niigata Transys
- operators
- Shikoku Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 294 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- Single car
- length
- 20.8 m
- weight
- 31.5 t
- capacity
- 70 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6108894, Wikipedia: JR Shikoku 1000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.