Shinkansen class 200
| Shinkansen class 200 | |
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 Shinkansen 200 series in the original livery
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| Number: | 66 (700 cars) |
| Manufacturer: | Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki, Hitachi, Kinki Sharyo, Tokyu Sharyo |
| Year of construction (s): | 1980-1991 |
| Axis formula : | Bo'Bo ' |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length: | 400 m (H variant) |
| Height: | 4,000 mm (4,490 mm: double-decker cars) |
| Width: | 3,380 mm |
| Empty mass: | 697 t (F variant) |
| Top speed: | 275 km / h (F90-93 sets) 245 km / h (H variant) 240 km / h (F / K variants) 210 km / h (E / G variants) |
| Continuous output : | 12,880 kW (H variant) 11,040 kW (E / F variants) |
| Power system : | 25 kV 50 Hz ~ |
| Power transmission: | Overhead line |
| Number of traction motors: | 64 |
| Train brake: | Resistance brake, electrically controlled compressed air brake (disc brakes) |
| Train control : | ATC-2, DS-ATC |
| Seats: | 885 (F variant) |
| Floor height: | 1,300 mm |
| Classes : | normal (2nd class), green class (1st class) |
The Shinkansen series 200 ( Japanese 新 幹線 200 系 電車 , Shinkansen 200-kei densha ) was a Japanese high-speed train that was introduced in 1980 by the Japanese state railway company for the Tōhoku and Jōetsu Shinkansen . The last set of the series was decommissioned in March 2013. Despite the higher numbering of the series, the 200 series was produced before the 100 series.
history
Outwardly, most of the class 200 and class 0 trains were extremely similar. However, the 200 series was lighter and significantly more powerful, as its operational profile provided for greater gradients when crossing the Japanese mountains. Since these routes are very susceptible to snow in winter, the trains were equipped with small snow plows at the front.
The original paintwork of the 200 series consisted of an ivory-colored base paint with a green band at the level of the windows and in the lower area. From 1999, some sets were upgraded for a longer period of use and given a new color scheme (lower third dark blue, light green decorative stripes, upper area white).
The first models were approved for 210 km / h, later ones were designed for 240 km / h. Four units have been upgraded to 276 km / h. From 1992, some trains were modified and equipped with couplers at the ends of the train in order to be coupled together in sections with the mini Shinkansen on the Fukushima – Yamagata – Shinjō and Morioka – Akita lines. These sets have not been in service since 2004. To meet the increasing demand, double-decker coaches were added to some sets in the 1990s .
From 1997 the oldest units were decommissioned. Between 1999 and 2002 some sets were upgraded. The last set of the 200 series was taken out of service in March 2013.
variants
E (1982 to 1993)
Sets of twelve cars for the Tōhoku Shinkansen Yamabiki and Aoba connections and for the Jōetsu Shinkansen Asahi and Toki connections. The E-series was registered at 210 km / h and was decommissioned in 1993.
F (1983 to 2007)
Sets of twelve cars with an approved maximum speed of 240 km / h.
From March 1990 four units (F90 to F93) were upgraded so that they had a maximum speed of 275 km / h in Ohshimizu tunnel on the Jōetsu route (but only towards Niigata) as the fastest Asahi connections (four to eight connections per Day). When these connections were replaced by trains of the E2 series from 1998 , the F90 set was operated from then on at 240 km / h together with the remaining sets of the F variant. In 2004 the F90 set was taken out of service.
Set F80 was modified on the occasion of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano (reinforcement of the resistance brake and embarkation of the device for frequency switching (50 Hz / 60 Hz)) in order to be able to drive the Nagano Shinkansen route. The F80 set was taken out of service in 2004.
G (1987 to 1999)
Sets of ten and later eight cars with a top speed of 210 km / h, which were used from April 18, 1987.
H (1990 to 2005)
Six sets of 13 cars, later of 16 cars (H1 to H6), with a top speed of 240 km / h. The H variant was used on the Yamabiko connection and had one, later two, double-decker cars in the middle of the train. The sets H4 and H5 were reassembled for the summer vacation season in the summer of 2004, so that they consisted of twelve cars and had no first class. These two units operated until mid-2005.
K (1992 to 2013)
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Sets of eight and ten cars with a top speed of 240 km / h, which were later converted so that they can be used together with trains from the 400 series of the Yamagata Shinkansen and together with the E3 series of the Akita Shinkansen .
While the trains of the K series on the Tōhoku Shinkansen were taken out of service on November 18, 2011, some sets on the Jōetsu Shinkansen remained in use until March 2013. With their decommissioning, the operation of the 200 series ended entirely.
Set K25 was the first and so far only Shinkansen train that has ever derailed. The derailment happened during the Chūetsu earthquake in 2004 on the Jōetsu Shinkansen. Although eight of the ten cars in the set derailed, no passengers were harmed thanks to the automatic emergency braking.
