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719 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1991· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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- 1. JRE EC719 nagamachi sta 20081018: Jet-0 at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 719 series (Japanese: 719系) is an AC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type introduced in 1989 by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on services in the Miyagi, Yamagata, and Fukushima areas of Japan. Built jointly by Nippon Sharyo and Tokyu Car, the type is based on the 415-1500 series EMU design, with all units formed as 2-car sets.
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 35 years ago, in 1991.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 27 years (1989–2016).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1991
- in service from
- 1989
- retired
- 2016
- status
- retired
- number built
- 108
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 20 kV AC (50 Hz)
- formation
- 2 cars per set
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12052603, Wikipedia: 719 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.