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Chizu Express HOT7000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Subaru Corporation· from 1994· Japanese train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HOT7000-7000: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Chizu Express Company HOT7000 Super hakuto: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Chito Express HOT7000 at Shin-Osaka Station 2014-09-06: Cheng-en Cheng from Taipei City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Chizu Express Company HOT7000 series une: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Chizu Express-HOT7000DC: Kone· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Chizu-Express Chizu-line HOT7000: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Chizu-Express HOT7000: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Chizu-Express-HOT7000 (2022-01-19): Himeji-Higashi11184· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. HOT7000 Series DMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. HOT7000 series Super Hakuto 2019-11-15 (49903641318): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Chizu Express HOT7000 series (智頭急行HOT7000系) is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) tilting train type operated by the third-sector operating company Chizu Express and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on Super Hakuto limited express services between Kyoto, Tottori, and Kurayoshi in Japan since December 1994. The designation "HOT" is derived from the initials of the three prefectures along the route served: Hyogo Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, and Tottori Prefecture.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 32 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- status
- in service
- number built
- 34
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Subaru Corporation
- operators
- Chizu Express, West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 5 or 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11514806, Wikipedia: Chizu Express HOT7000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.