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521
Car #
1 |
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500 series
16-car 500 series on Nozomi service, May
2008
| In service |
1997–present
|
| Manufacturer |
Hitachi Ltd.,
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company,
Kinki Sharyo,
Nippon Sharyo |
| Constructed |
1995–1998 |
| Refurbishment |
2008-2009 |
| Number built |
144 vehicles (9
sets) |
| Number in
service |
104 vehicles (9
sets) |
| Number scrapped |
40 vehicles
|
| Formation |
8 or 16 cars per
trainset |
| Capacity |
16-car W set:
1,324 (200 Green + 1,124 Standard)
8-car V set: 635 |
| Operator |
JR West |
| Depot(s) |
Hakata[1] |
| Line(s) served |
Sanyō
Shinkansen |
|
Specifications
|
| Car body
construction |
Aluminium alloy |
| Car length |
25,000 mm
(intermediate cars),
27,000 mm (end cars) |
| Width |
3,380 mm |
| Height
|
3,690 mm
|
| Maximum speed
|
W set:
300 km/h (Sanyō)
V set: 285 km/h,
Design speed: 320 km/h |
| Acceleration
|
1.6 km/h/s
[2]
1.92 km/h/s (High acceleration mode)[2]
|
| Deceleration
|
2.7 km/h/s
|
| Traction system |
(AC) WMT204 64 x
285(W1 set)/275 kW(from W2 set)[3]
|
| Power output |
18.24 MW (W1
set), 17.60 MW (W2 set onward) |
|
Electric system(s) |
25 kV AC, 60 Hz
|
| Current
collection method |
Overhead
catenary |
| Safety system(s)
|
ATC |
|
Gauge |
1,435 mm |
| 1:12 |
Large Scale |
| 1:13.7 |
7/8 inch scale |
| 1:20.3 |
G, Three-Foot Gauge on Gauge 1 Track |
| 1:22.5 |
LGB and Bachman |
| 1:24 |
Half scale |
| 1:29 |
Aristo-Craft, USA Trains, standard gauge on #1 gauge |
| 1:32 |
I scale |
| 1:48 |
O scale |
| 1:64 |
S scale |
| 1:87.1 |
HO scale |
| 1:120 |
TT scale |
| 1:160 |
N scale |
| 1:220 |
Z scale |
Rail Gauges
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