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KiHa 25
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2011· Japanese diesel multiple unit train type based off the 313 series design
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR Central Kiha25-3 at Okkawa: Tsuginosuke(継之助)· Public domain
- 2. JR Central Kiha 25-1003 Until 20151208: rudona69· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JR Central Kiha 25-104 From 20150615: rudona69· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. JR Central Kiha 25-1103 Until 20151208: rudona69· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. JR Central Kiha 25-1507: rudona69· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. JR Central Kiha 25-1607: rudona69· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. JR Central Kiha 25-4 From 20150615: rudona69· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. JR Central Kiha 25 M108 Shingu 20210711: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. JR Central Kiha25-102 at Okkawa: Tsuginosuke(継之助)· Public domain
- 10. JRC Kiha 25 at Mino-Ōta Station 20161228: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The KiHa 25 (キハ25形) is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) on local and rapid services in Japan, since March 2011. They are based on the 313 series. Following electrification of the Taketoyo Line in 2015, they replaced KiHa 40 series DMUs on the Takayama and Taita Lines.
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 15 years ago, in 2011.
- 336 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20.1 m long: about 4 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
- 2011
- in service from
- 2011
- status
- in service
- number built
- 62
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Central Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 336 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 2 cars per set
- length
- 20.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5950840, Wikipedia: KiHa 25 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.