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385 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2026· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
what is it?
The 385 series (385系, 385-kei) is a tilting electric multiple unit (EMU) train type on order by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
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 0 years ago, in 2026.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2026
- in service from
- 2029
- number built
- 8
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Central Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 8 cars (pre-production set)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q120771751, Wikipedia: 385 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.