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HC85 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2019· diesel multiple unit train type of JR Central
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR C HC85 D3 Nagoya 20220703: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. HC85 Series EDMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. HC85系で運転される特急「南紀」蟹江駅ー春田駅: Zinnsya12· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. JR C HC85 D101 Nagoya 20220703: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. JR C HC85 kumoha85-104 20230702: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. JR C HC85 kumoha85-204 20230702: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. JR C HC85 kumoha85-3 20220703: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. JR C HC85 kumoro85-3 20220703: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. JR C HC85 moha84-103 20220703: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. JR C HC85 moha84-3 20220703: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The HC85 series (HC85系, HC85-kei) is a diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) train type built by Nippon Sharyo for use on limited express services operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Intended to replace the KiHa 85 series, a prototype trainset was completed in late 2019, with a full-production fleet first materializing in 2022. The fleet was first introduced into service on 1 July 2022 on the Takayama Main Line.
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 7 years ago, in 2019.
- 336 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 21.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2019
- in service from
- 2022
- status
- in service
- number built
- 68
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Central Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 336 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 2/4 cars per trainset
- length
- 21.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q83974609, Wikipedia: HC85 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.