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105 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 1981· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRW-Series105 Wakayama: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JRW series105 Kabe-02: W0746203-1· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 105 series (105系, 105-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type formerly operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR), and currently operated on local services by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Japan since 1981. They were also formerly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- 440 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1981
- in service from
- 1981
- number built
- 60
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, East Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 440 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC Overhead catenary
- formation
- 2/4 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4546592, Wikipedia: 105 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.