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289 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 2015· Japanese DC electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRW 289-2000: コーヒー123 (Kohi 123)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JR-Series289-Hanwa-Line: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 289 series (289系, 289-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in Japan on limited express services in the Kyoto and Osaka area since October 2015. The trains were converted from former dual-voltage (1,500 V DC and 20 kV AC) 683-2000 series EMUs formerly used on Shirasagi services and made surplus following the 14 March 2015 timetable revision.
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 11 years ago, in 2015.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2015
- in service from
- 2015
- number built
- 85
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 3/4/6 cars per trainset
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19838238, Wikipedia: 289 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.