#5591· KiHa 189 type
KiHa 189 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Niigata Transys· from 2010· Japanese train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRW Series Kiha 189 Hamakaze 2: Scfema· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. JRW Kiha189-H1 Hamakaze-4: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 3. JRwest Kiha189-1003: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JRwest Kiha189-3: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Amarube bridge-Kiha189: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Amarube Viaduct JRW Kiha 189 Hamakaze (16257519439): Cheng-en Cheng from Taipei City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. JRW Kiha 189 series set H5 Hamakaze 2019-11-15 (49904421392): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. JR West Kiha 189 Biwako Express at Kyoto Station to Kusatsu (1): Mr.ちゅらさん· CC0
- 9. JR West Kiha 189 Biwako Express at Kyoto Station to Kusatsu (2): Mr.ちゅらさん· CC0
- 10. JR West Kiha 189 Biwako Express at Kyoto Station to Kusatsu (3): Mr.ちゅらさん· CC0
what is it?
The KiHa 189 series (キハ189系, Kiha-189-kei) is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) on Hamakaze limited express services between Osaka and Tottori since November 2010 and Biwako Express services between Osaka and Maibara since March 2014. The "KiHa" designation derives from the classification system used by JNR. "Ki" indicates a diesel-powered vehicle, while "Ha" indicates an ordinary passenger car, as opposed to a green car.
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 16 years ago, in 2010.
- 336 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20.9 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 156: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2010
- in service from
- 2010
- number built
- 21
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Niigata Transys
- operators
- West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 336 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.9 m
- capacity
- 156 passengers
- Dutch name
- KiHa 189 type
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5364213, Wikipedia: KiHa 189 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.