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KiHa 150

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Subaru Corporation· from 1993· Japanese train type

🚆 multiple unit diesel ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. JRN DC150-0 20061104 001: 出々 吾壱 ( talk / Contributions ) at the Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. JR キハ150 富良野線 美馬牛駅 (20190529a): Takeshi Aida· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. JR-H Kiha150-2: User:欅· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. JR-H Kiha150-Kiha40: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5. JR-Hokkaido-Kiha150-110: Mutimaro· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. Furano-line Kiha150-14: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. JR Hokkaido Kiha 150 DMU on FuranoLine: User:SElefant· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. JR Hokkaido Kiha 150 on Hakodate Main Line: Kzaral· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. JR-H Kiha150-8: 欅 (Keyaki)· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. JRH Hakodate-line Kiha261 Kiha150: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
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KiHa 150, photo 1 of 10
1/10 出々 吾壱 ( talk / Contributions ) at the Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The KiHa 150 (キハ150形) is a single-car diesel multiple unit operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) in Japan. 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

Hokkaido Railway Company

base stats

  • speed 110 km/htop speed
  • power 336 kWpower output
  • weight 33.3 tin working order
  • seats 49passengers
  • built 27made in total

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 33 years ago, in 1993.
  • 336 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 20.9 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Still in service after 33 years.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1993
in service from
1993
status
in service
number built
27
kind
multiple unit
traction
diesel
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Subaru Corporation
operators
Hokkaido Railway Company
top speed
110 km/h
power
336 kW
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
formation
Single car
length
20.9 m
weight
33.3 t
capacity
49 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q6403561, Wikipedia: KiHa 150 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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