E4 series at Ōmiya Station, July 2008
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| Name | E4 series | | In service | 1997 - Present | | Manufacturer | Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries | | Family name | "Max" | | Constructed | 1997 - 2003 | | Number built | 208 vehicles (26 sets) | | Number in service | 208 vehicles (26 sets) | | Formation | 8 cars per trainset | | Fleet numbers | P1 - P22, P51 - P52, P81 - P82 | | Capacity | 817 (54 Green + 763 Standard) | | Operator | JR East | | Depots | Niigata, Sendai | | Lines served | Tōhoku Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen | | Car body construction | Aluminium | | Car length | End cars: 25700 mm,
Intermediate cars: 25000 mm | | Width | 3380 mm | | Doors | 2 per side | | Maximum speed | 240 km/h (149.1 mph) | | Acceleration | 1.65 km/h/s | | Deceleration | 2.69 km/h/s (service),
4.04 km/h/s (emergency) | | Traction system | 16 x 420 kW (261 mph) traction motors | | Power output | 6.72 MW (4.2 hp) | | Electric system | 25 kV AC, 50 Hz overhead catenary | | Current collection method | Pantograph | | Safety system | ATC-2, DS-ATC | | Multiple working | 400/E3-1000/E3-2000 series | | Gauge | 1435 |
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|} is a high-speed shinkansen train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. They were the second series of completely bi-level Shinkansen trainsets to be built in Japan (the other being the E1 series). They operate on the Tōhoku and Jōetsu Shinkansen, and occasionally on the Nagano Shinkansen. E4 series trains feature double-decker cars to accommodate additional commuter traffic around Tokyo and other urban areas. They were often coupled to 400 series trains on the Tōhoku Shinkansen between Tokyo and Fukushima before the latter retired in April 2010.
Two eight-car sets can be coupled together for extra capacity: a sixteen-car E4 series formation trainset carries a total of 1,634 seated passengers - the highest-capacity high-speed rail trainset in the world.
26 units were built between 1997 and 2003. As with the earlier E1 series trains, maximum speed is 240 km/h.
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