16-car 500 series on Nozomi service, May 2008
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| Name | 500 series | | In service | 1997 present | | Manufacturer | Hitachi, 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 | 64 vehicles (7 sets) | | Number scrapped | 64 vehicles | | Formation | 8 or 16 cars per trainset | | Capacity | 16-car W set: 1,324 (200 Green + 1,124 Standard)
8-car V set: 608 | | Operator | JR West | | Depots | Hakata | | Lines served | Sanyō Shinkansen | | 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
1.92 km/h/s (High acceleration mode) | | Deceleration | 2.7 km/h/s | | Traction system | (AC) WMT204 64 x 285(W1 set)/275 kW(from W2 set) | | Power output | 18.24 MW (W1 set), 17.60 MW (W2 set onward) | | Electric system | 25 kV AC, 60 Hz | | Current collection method | Overhead catenary | | Safety system | ATC-1, ATC-NS | | Gauge | 1435 |
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|} is a Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Sanyō Shinkansen lines in Japan. They were designed to be capable of 320 km/h (198.8 mph) although they currently operate at a maximum of 285 km/h (177.1 mph) in service. The running gear utilizes computer-controlled active suspension for a smoother, safer ride, and anti-yaw dampers are fitted between cars for improved stability. All sixteen cars in each train are powered, giving a maximum of 18.24 MW (11.3 hp). Each train costs an estimated 5 billion yen, and only nine were built.
They have long, pointed nose cones much more like that of a supersonic plane than that of a conventional high-speed train. In 1990, Hitachi commissioned Neumeister Design of Germany to create an exterior and interior design for a new 350 km/h shinkansen. This became the basis for the development of the 500 series.
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