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KiHa 01 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· Railbus type operated by Japanese National Railways
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JNR Kiha03-1: Route275· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The KiHa 01 series (キハ01系, Kiha-ichi-kei) and the related KiHa 02 (キハ02) and KiHa 03 (キハ03) were railbus types operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) from 1954 until 1969.
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
- 10 m long: about 2 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
- —
- number built
- 49
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Japanese National Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- Single car
- length
- 10 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421871, Wikipedia: KiHa 01 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.