400 series on Tsubasa service at Yonezawa Station, March 2005
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| Name | 400 series | | In service | 1992-2010 | | Manufacturer | Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Tokyu Car Corporation | | Family name | Mini-shinkansen | | Constructed | 1992 - 1995 | | Refurbishment | 1999 - 2001 | | Scrapped | 2008 - 2010 | | Number built | 84 vehicles (12 sets) | | Number in service | None | | Number preserved | 1 vehicle | | Number scrapped | 83 vehicles | | Formation | 7 cars per trainset | | Fleet numbers | L1 - L12 | | Capacity | 399 (20 Green + 379 Standard) | | Operator | JR East | | Depots | Yamagata | | Lines served | Tōhoku Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen | | Car body construction | Steel | | Car length | 22825 mm (22.8 m) (end cars)
20500 mm (20.5 m) (intermediate cars) | | Width | 2947 mm (2.9 m) | | Doors | one per side | | Maximum speed | 240 km/h (0.2 m) (Tōhoku Shinkansen)
130 km/h (0.1 m) (Yamagata Shinkansen) | | Acceleration | 1.6 km/h/s | | Deceleration | 2.6 km/h/s | | Traction system | 24 x 210 kW (0.2 m) | | Power output | 5.04 MW (0 m) | | Electric system | 20/25 kV AC, 50 Hz overhead catenary | | Current collection method | Pantograph | | Safety system | ATC-2, DS-ATC, ATS-P | | Gauge | 1435 |
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|} was a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) between 1992 and 2010 on Tsubasa services on Japan's first Mini-shinkansen line, the Yamagata Shinkansen branch from the main Tōhoku Shinkansen.
The fleet of 400 series trains was leased by JR East from the owning company,
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They were originally six-car sets, but a seventh car (type 429) was added in 1995 to each set due to the popularity of the new Tsubasa services.
The fleet of twelve 400 series trains was scheduled to be withdrawn between December 2008 and summer 2009, replaced by new E3-2000 series trains. However, one set, L3, remained in service until 18 April 2010, with the date chosen to mark 18 years of service.
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