6-car 100 series Kodama trainset, October 2008
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| Name | 100 series | | In service | 1985 - Present | | Manufacturer | Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, Tokyu Car Corporation | | Constructed | 1984 - 1991 | | Refurbishment | 2000 - 2004 | | Number built | 1,056 vehicles (66 sets) | | Number in service | 54 vehicles (9 sets) | | Number preserved | 4 vehicles | | Formation | 6 cars per trainset (4, 12, 16 cars in past) | | Capacity | 6-car K sets 394
'Past:' 12-car G sets 1,031 (68 Green + 963 Standard) 16-car X sets 1,277 (124 Green + 1,153 Standard) 16-car V sets 1,285 (126 Green + 1,159 Standard) 16-car G sets 1,321 (168 Green + 1,153 Standard) 4-car P sets 250 | | Operator | JNR (1985 - 1987) JR Central (1987 - 2003) JR West (1987 - Present) | | Depots | Hakata | | Lines served | Sanyō Shinkansen, Hakata-Minami Line | | Car body construction | Steel | | Car length | (intermediate cars) (end cars) | | Height | (Bilevel car) | | Doors | Two per side | | Maximum speed | 220 km/h (230 km/h for the former V sets) | | Acceleration | 1.6 km/h/s (1.4 km/h/s for the former V sets) | | Deceleration | 2.6 km/h/s | | Electric system | 25 kV AC, 60 Hz overhead catenary | | Current collection method | Pantograph | | Safety system | ATC-1 | | Gauge | 1435 |
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|} is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type built between 1984 and 1991 for the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Sanyō Shinkansen high-speed lines. The earliest units have now been withdrawn from service, and the series was retired from the Tōkaidō Shinkansen line in September 2003. They were introduced after the 200 series trains, but their numbering is such because in the days of JNR, Shinkansen types running east of Tokyo were given even numbers and those west of Tokyo odd numbers, hence they were given the next odd number in line after 0, 100.
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