#5073· KiHa 283 type
KiHa 283 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Subaru Corporation· from 1997· Japanese train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kiha-283 Nemuro-Main-Line: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JRH Kiha283 Ozora-6: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JR Hokkaido 283 series DMU 010: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JR Hokkaido 283 series DMU 012: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. JR Hokkaido 283 series DMU 013: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. JR Hokkaido Kiha 283 "Super Ozora" at Sapporo 2016-07-27: sodai gomi· CC BY 2.0
- 7. JR Hokkaido Kiha 283 "Super Tokachi" 2010-02-07: Masahiro TAKAGI· CC BY 2.0
- 8. JR Hokkaido Kiha 283 2017-07-22: bryan...· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. JR Hokkaido Kiha 283 Okhotsk: NORECH· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. JR Hokkaido Kiha 283 series 007: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The KiHa 283 series (キハ283系) is a tilting diesel-hydraulic multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) on limited express services in Hokkaido, Japan, since 1997. They were based on the KiHa 281 series trains introduced in 1994. 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
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 29 years ago, in 1997.
- 21.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 29 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1997
- in service from
- 1997
- status
- in service
- number built
- 63
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Subaru Corporation
- operators
- Hokkaido Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- Various
- length
- 21.3 m
- Dutch name
- KiHa 283 type
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q843325, Wikipedia: KiHa 283 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.