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455 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 1965· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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- 1. JNR455(JR East) at Koriyama 2006 1200size: PekePON· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 455 series (455系, 455-kei) is a Japanese dual-voltage (1,500 V DC and 20 kV AC 50 Hz) electric multiple unit (EMU) train type introduced by Japanese National Railways (JNR) on express services in 1965 and later operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), West Japan Railway Company (JR-West), and Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The last sets operated by JR-West were withdrawn in 2015. However, 2 cars remain in service as the driving car of a mixed 413/455 series set until they resold to the private railway operator in 2021 hence ended their overall service by JR West.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 56 years (1965–2021).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965
- in service from
- 1965
- retired
- 2021
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, East Japan Railway Company, Kyushu Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company, Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC, 20 kV AC 50 Hz
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16031151, Wikipedia: 455 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.