A 400 series train on a Tsubasa service at Yonezawa Station in March 2005
In service
1 July 1992; 31 years ago (1992-07-01) – 18 April 2010; 14 years ago (2010-04-18)
Manufacturer
Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Tokyu Car Corporation
Family name
Mini-shinkansen
Constructed
1992–1995
Refurbished
1999–2001
Scrapped
2009–2010
Number built
84 vehicles (12 sets)
Number in service
None
Number preserved
1 vehicle
Number scrapped
83 vehicles
Successor
E3-2000 series
Formation
7 cars per trainset
Fleet numbers
L1–L12
Capacity
399 (20 Green + 379 Standard)
Operators
JR East
Depots
Yamagata
Lines served
Tohoku Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen
Specifications
Car body construction
Steel
Car length
22,825 mm (74 ft 10.6 in) (end cars) 20,500 mm (67 ft 3 in) (intermediate cars)
Width
2,947 mm (9 ft 8.0 in)
Doors
one per side
Maximum speed
240 km/h (149 mph) (Tōhoku Shinkansen) 130 km/h (81 mph) (Yamagata Shinkansen)
Traction system
24 x 210 kW (282 hp) (Thyristor drive)
Power output
5.04 MW (6,759 hp)
Acceleration
1.6 km/(h⋅s) (0.99 mph/s)
Deceleration
2.6 km/(h⋅s) (1.6 mph/s)
Electric system(s)
20/25 kV AC, 50 Hz, overhead catenary
Current collector(s)
PS204 pantograph
Bogies
DT204 (motored), TR7006 (trailer)
Safety system(s)
ATC-2, DS-ATC, ATS-P
Multiple working
200 series, E4 series
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
The 400 series (400系) was a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) between 1992 and 2010 on Tsubasa services on Japan's first mini-shinkansen line, the Yamagata Shinkansen branch from the main Tohoku Shinkansen.
The fleet of 400 series trains was leased by JR East from the owning company, Yamagata JR Chokutsū Tokkyū Hoyū Kikō (山形ジェイアール直通特急保有機構(株)), a third-sector company jointly owned by JR East and Yamagata Prefecture.[1]
They were originally six-car sets, but a seventh car (type 429) was added in 1995 to each set due to the popularity of the new Tsubasa services.
^ つばさの世代交代 [Tsubasa transition]. Japan Railfan Magazine. 49 (584). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd.: 42–43 December 2009.
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