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KiHa 187 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2001· diesel multiple unit train type operated by JR West in Japan
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRW Kiha187-12 Super-Oki-3: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 2. 2015-12-26 JR West Kiha 187 "Super Inaba": khws4v1· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. JR DC kiha187-1007: 永尾信幸· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JR West Kiha 187 and Kiha 47 (JR West) at Tottori Station: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. JR West Kiha 187 at Tottori Station: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. JRW DC kiha 187 series Super inaba: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. JRW Kiha 187 series DMU on Super Matsukaze service at Tottori Station 20060822: No machine-readable author provided. 越谷在住~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).· Public domain
- 8. JRW Kiha187-1001 Super-Matsukaze-6: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 9. JRW Kiha187-5 Super-Matsukaze-7: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 10. KiHa 187 Series DMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The KiHa 187 series (Japanese: キハ187系, romanized: Kiha-187-kei) is a tilting diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) on Super Oki, Super Matsukaze and Super Inaba limited express services. The "KiHa" designation derives from the classification system used by JNR. "Ki" indicates a diesel-powered vehicle, while "Ha" indicates an ordinary passenger car, as opposed to a green car.
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 25 years ago, in 2001.
- 336 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 21.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 25 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2001
- in service from
- 2001
- status
- in service
- number built
- 26
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo, Niigata Transys, Niigata Engineering
- operators
- West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 336 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 21.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11226308, Wikipedia: KiHa 187 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.