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119 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1983· Japanese DC electric multiple unit train type
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR-central-119-5300: Mutimaro· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 119 series (119系) was a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type which was operated on local services in Japan by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) between 1983 and March 2012.
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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- 440 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 29 years (1983–2012).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1983
- in service from
- 1983
- retired
- 2012
- status
- retired
- number built
- 57
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, Central Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 440 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 1/2 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4547705, Wikipedia: 119 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.