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JR Shikoku 2000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Subaru Corporation· from 1989· Diesel multiple unit train type operated in Japan
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JR四国2000系・宇和海号: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JR Shikoku DC2000 Ltd Exp Nanpu: L73MuOVg4dJHp0g· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 2000 Series DMU and Kiha 185 Series DMU “Shikoku Mannaka Monogatari”: Binyan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. JRS 2000 series DMU 2123 set Shimanto at Takamatsu Station 2017-04-02: Wei-Te Wong from Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. JR Shikoku 2000 series train at Kochi Station, March 2014: NevinThompson· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. JR Shikoku2000DC02: Kansai explorer· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. JR-Shikoku Type 2000 DC JR四国2000系気動車 (3766313520): Yamaguchi Yoshiaki from Japan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. JR-Shikoku-2000series-Uwakai: Onagadori· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. JR-Shikoku2000series-1: Onagadori· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. JR-Shikoku2000series-2: Onagadori· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 2000 series (2000系, 2000-kei) is a tilting diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) on limited express services in Shikoku, Japan. An identical lone 4-car set is also operated by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway.
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 37 years ago, in 1989.
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 37 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1989
- in service from
- 1989
- status
- in service
- number built
- 80
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Subaru Corporation
- operators
- Shikoku Railway Company, Tosa Kuroshio Railway
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 260 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- length
- 20.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11226211, Wikipedia: JR Shikoku 2000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.