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KiHa 100 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Subaru Corporation· from 1990· Japanese diesel multiple unit train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Haciko-Line Kiha110-112-204: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Haciko-Line Kiha110-110-210: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JR-East-Kiha100-200: Mutimaro· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JR-East "Pokemon With You Train" Kiha100: Mutimaro· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. JR East KiHa 100-37: まも(Mamo)· Public domain
- 6. KiHa 100-1 series Ofunato Line Pokémon With You Train: AzureMenace· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 2012-12-25 Kiha 100 as Rapid Shimokita (train): A_CUVE· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. 230729 Rikuchu-Matsukawa Station Ichinoseki Iwate pref Japan01s3: 663highland· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 230729 Rikuchu-Matsukawa Station Ichinoseki Iwate pref Japan02s3: 663highland· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 230729 Rikuchu-Matsukawa Station Ichinoseki Iwate pref Japan11s3: 663highland· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The KiHa 100 and 110 series (Japanese: キハ100・110系) are diesel multiple unit (DMU) railcars operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) since 1990, primarily on non-electrified rural lines in Japan. The "KiHa" designation derives from the classification system used by Japanese National Railways (JNR) for diesel railcars. "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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 36 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1990
- in service from
- 1990
- status
- in service
- number built
- 247
- kind
- Diesel multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Subaru Corporation, Niigata Transys, Niigata Engineering
- operators
- East Japan Railway Company, Hitachinaka Seaside Railway Minato Line
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 1 or 2 cars
- length
- 20.5 m
- weight
- 39.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q720544, Wikipedia: KiHa 100 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.