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KiHa 130
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Niigata Transys· from 1988· Japanese diesel multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kiha130 at Tomakomai Sta: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. JRhokkaido kiha130 5: 100yen 12:22, 8 October 2006 (UTC)· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The KiHa 130 series (キハ130系) was a class of diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains operated from November 1988 to June 2001 by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) on the Hidaka Main Line in Japan.
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 38 years ago, in 1988.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 100: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 21 years (1988–2009).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1988
- in service from
- 1988
- retired
- 2009
- status
- retired
- number built
- 11
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Niigata Transys, Niigata Engineering
- operators
- Hokkaido Railway Company
- top speed
- 95 km/h
- power
- 189 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 1/2 cars per trainset
- length
- 15.8 m
- weight
- 27.5 t
- capacity
- 100 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11226198, Wikipedia: KiHa 130 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.