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.
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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 |
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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] |
Current collection method |
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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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Railway Journal: 36. September 2007.
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