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 |
Designer | Alexander Neumeister |
Replaced | 0 series |
Constructed | 1995–1998 |
Entered service | 1997 |
Refurbished | 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 |
Fleet numbers |
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Capacity |
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Operators | JR-West |
Depots | Hakata |
Lines 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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Traction system | (AC) WMT204 64 × 285 kW (382 hp) (set W1)/275 kW (369 hp) (set W2 onward)[1] |
Power output | 18.24 MW (24,460 hp) (set W1), 17.60 MW (23,600 hp) (set W2 onward) |
Acceleration | 1.6 km/(h⋅s) (0.99 mph/s)[2]
1.92 km/(h⋅s) (1.19 mph/s) (High acceleration mode)[2] |
Deceleration | 2.7 km/(h⋅s) (1.7 mph/s) |
Electric system(s) | 25 kV AC, 60 Hz overhead catenary |
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Safety system(s) | ATC-NS |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Notes/references | |
This train won the 41st Blue Ribbon Award in 1998. |
The 500 series (500系, 500-kei) is a Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in Japan on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen line from 1997 until 2010, and the San'yō Shinkansen line since 1997 and 2008. They were designed to be capable of 320 km/h (199 mph) but operated at 300 km/h (186 mph), until they were retired from the primary Nozomi service in 2010. The trainsets were then refurbished and downgraded to the all-stations Kodama service between Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata.
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