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153 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1958· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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- 1. 153series01: Shellparakeet· Public domain
what is it?
The 153 series (153系, 153-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) from 1958 until 1983.
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 29 years (1958–1987).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1958
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 1987
- status
- retired
- number built
- 630
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo, Kisha Seizo, Kinki Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- Japanese National Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421541, Wikipedia: 153 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.