500 Series Shinkansen
The 500 Series Shinkansen is a high-speed train in Japan. They run on the Shinkansen lines. They were retired from the primary Nozomi service in 2010. They now run the all-stations Kodama service between Shin-Osaka and Hakata.
| 500 series | |
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 16-car 500 series on a Nozomi service, May 2008 | |
| In service | 22 March 1997 – present |
| Manufacturer | Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo |
| Replaced | 0 series |
| Constructed | 1995–1998 |
| Entered service | 1997 |
| Refurbishment | 2008–2010 |
| Number built | 144 vehicles (9 sets) |
| Number in service | 48 vehicles (6 sets) |
| Number preserved | 2 vehicles |
| Number scrapped | 78 vehicles |
| Formation | 8 (originally 16) cars per trainset |
| Capacity |
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| Operator | JR-West |
| Depot(s) | Hakata |
| Line(s) served | Sanyo Shinkansen, Hakata-Minami Line, Tokaido Shinkansen (1997–2010) |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Aluminium alloy, Honeycomb structure |
| Car length |
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| Width | 3,380 mm (11 ft 1 in) |
| Height | 3,690 mm (12 ft 1 in) |
| Doors | Two plug doors per side (intermediate cars) One plug door per side (end cars) |
| Maximum speed |
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| Acceleration | 1.6 km/(h⋅s) (0.99 mph/s)[1] 1.92 km/(h⋅s) (1.19 mph/s) (High acceleration mode)[1] |
| Deceleration | 2.7 km/(h⋅s) (1.7 mph/s) |
| Traction system | (AC) WMT204 64 × 285 kW (382 hp) (set W1)/275 kW (369 hp) (set W2 onward)[2] |
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| Safety system(s) | ATC-NS |
| Gauge | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Track gauge/data' not found. |
All 500 Series have 16 cars. Each train cost about 5 billion yen. Only nine were built.
500 Series Shinkansen Media
An 8-car 500 series Kodama set at Himeji Station in August 2009
Set V2 in the special "500 Type Eva" livery in March 2016
Set V2 in "Hello Kitty" livery in July 2018
Car 521–1 at the Kyoto Railway Museum in August 2018
Car 522–1 at the Hitachi Kasado factory
Standard-class car interior view
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Green Car'S Seat of Model 500-Shinkansen-, West Japan Railway,Japan
Non-reserved seating car in May 2012
Reserved seating car (car 6) in May 2012
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Railway Journal: 36. September 2007.
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