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A full-length train of 6 cars has 2 different identification numbers. For example 001/002 (normal coupling) or 001/003 (cross-coupling). Trains are rarely cross-coupled now. Kawasaki Heavy Industries built sets 001 – 020, 051 – 062, and 093 – 102; Kinki Sharyo built sets 021 – 030, 063 – 072, and 103 – 112
A total of 23 six-car sets are due to be introduced ahead of the 2025 World Expo, [4] and to replace the 20 and 24 series trainsets currently in use on the Chuo Line. [5] The 400 series is the first new Osaka Metro rolling stock type to be ordered following the privatization of the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau.
JR East plans to introduce Green (first class) cars on Chūō Line (Rapid) and Ome Line services from spring 2025. [8] This will involve adding two bilevel Green cars to 10-car and 6-car E233 series EMU sets, forming 12-car and 8-car sets. Work will be involved in lengthening station platforms and depot facilities to handle the longer trains. [8]
The train was designed to invoke the richness of the landscape of the Yamagata region, and the "weaving together of nature and people". The exterior coloring is unchanged from the re-liveried E3 series, also designed by Ken Okuyama: white, evoking the snow of Mount Zaō; deep purple inspired by the Mandarin duck, the prefectural bird for Yamagata Prefecture; and yellow and red for the ...
The pre-series set, S11, was delivered to Sendai Depot in May 2009 ahead of extensive test running on the Tohoku Shinkansen. [29] Cars 1 to 5 were built by Hitachi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and cars 6 to 10 were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Hyogo Prefecture. [30] Set S11 made its first appearance at Tokyo Station on 9 December 2009. [31]
The 87 series Twilight Express Mizukaze train on a test run in early 2017, running as a 5-car formation with black protective vinyl wrapping. JR West first announced its plans to build a new luxury cruising train in May 2014. [9] The name of the train, Twilight Express Mizukaze, and train logo were officially unveiled on 19 February 2015. [6]
An order for a shorter version of the 20000 series was announced on 28 April 2021. These eight-car sets will be designated as 21000 series, and are to be operated through to lines of Tokyu Corporation. [2] The first 21000 series set entered service on 6 September 2021. [3] [9] As of April 2023, nine 21000 series sets have been built. [10]
Set P5 in original yellow-stripe livery in March 2011. Visible at the rear of the train is a connected E3 Series Shinkansen , which is running in tandem with the E4. The first E4 series set, P1, was delivered to Sendai Depot on 8 October 1997, with the first sets entering revenue-earning service on the Tohoku Shinkansen from 20 December 1997.