The is a DC

electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a numbe ...

(EMU) train type operated by

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(JR-West) on suburban services in the " Keihanshin" Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe area since December 2010.

Design

226 vehicles were ordered, at a cost of approximately 30 billion yen. The trains incorporate increased front-end crash protection with the inclusion of crushable zones.

Variants

* 225-0 series * 225-100 series * 225-5000 series * 225-5100 series * 225-6000 series The total order of 226 vehicles consists of 110 225-0 series vehicles with a maximum speed of 130 km/h for use on Tokaido Main Line and

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Special Rapid services and 116 225-5000 series vehicles with a maximum speed of 120 km/h for use on the

Hanwa Line The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The 61.3 km (38.1 mi) line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7 km branchlin ...

. Livery for each is identical to that of the 223 series vehicles on each of these routes. The first 225-100 series second-batch sets were delivered in early 2016, formed as four- and eight-car units. These were followed by 225-5100 series second-batch sets, also delivered in early 2016, formed as four- and six-car sets.

Operations

225-0/100 series

* Tokaido Main Line (

Biwako Line The is the nickname used by the operator of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) to refer to the portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line (between Maibara Station and Kyoto Station) and the Hokuriku Main Line (between Maibara Station and Nagaham ...

JR Kyoto Line The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The name applies to the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line between Kyōto Station and Ōsaka Station. The Kyot ...

JR Kobe Line The is the nickname of portions of the Tokaido Main Line and the Sanyo Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture. The line, along with the JR Kyoto Line and the Biwako Line, ...

) ( – ) *

(JR Kobe Line) (Kōbe – ) *

Hokuriku Main Line The Hokuriku Main Line ( ja, 北陸本線, ) is a 176.6 kilometer railway line owned by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting the Maibara Station in Maibara, Shiga, with the Naoetsu Station in Joetsu, Niigata. The section betwe ...

(Biwako Line) ( – Maibara) *

Kosei Line The is a commuter rail line in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line was completed in 1974 by the former Japanese National Railways (JNR) to provide faster access from the Kansai region t ...

(through services from Hokuriku Main Line) *

Kusatsu Line The is a railway line in western Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Tsuge on the Kansai Main Line with Kusatsu on the Biwako Line The is the nickname used by the operator of the West Japan Railway Compa ...

Akō Line is a railway line owned by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between Aioi, Hyōgo to Okayama, Okayama in Japan. A loop line off the Sanyō Main Line, the Akō Line commences at Aioi, is situated south of the main line approximately parallel ...

( – )

225-5000/5100 series (4 cars)

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(through services from Kansai Airport Line) * Kansai Airport Line *

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(Kinokuni Line) ( – )

225-5100 series (6 cars)

* Hanwa Line

225-6000 series

* Tokaido Main Line (JR Kobe Line) ( – ) * Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line) (Amagasaki – or )

Formations

225-0 series

The 225-0 series sets are formed as eight-car, six-car, and four-car sets, as follows.

8-car sets

6-car sets

4-car sets

225-100 series

The 225-100 series sets are formed as eight-car and four-car sets, as follows.

8-car sets

4-car sets

File:Series-225-100-U9-Local.jpg, 225-100 series 4-car set U9 leading an 8-car train in March 2021

225-5000 series

The 225-5000 series sets are formed as follows.

225-5100 series

The 225-5100 series sets are formed as six-car and four-car sets, as follows.

6-car sets

4-car sets

File:阪和線225系5100番台.jpg, A six-car 225-5100 series set in July 2017

225-6000 series

The 225-6000 series sets are formed as six-car and four-car sets, as follows.

6-car sets

4-car sets

File:JRW 225 series ML02.jpg, 225-6000 series 6-car sets on ''Tanbaji'' Rapid Service in May 2012

Interior

File:JRW series225-5000 inside.jpg, General interior view, January 2011 File:JRWSeries225-5000-seat2.JPG, 2-abreast flip-over seats, December 2010 File:JRW 225-display.jpg, LCD passenger information display File:JRWSrries225-5000-toilet.JPG, Wheelchair-accessible toilet, December 2010 File:JR225-5100-tsunami-hashigo.jpg, An emergency ladder stowage box inside a 225-5100 series set

History

The first 225-0 series 8-car train was delivered from

Kinki Sharyo is a Japanese manufacturer of railroad vehicles based in Osaka. It is an affiliate company of Kintetsu Corporation. In business since 1920 (as Tanaka Rolling Stock Works) and renamed The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd in 1945. They have produced light r ...

on 18 May 2010. The first pair of 225-5000 series 4-car trains was delivered from Kinki Sharyo on 7 September 2010. Both the 225-0 and 225-5000 series entered revenue service from 1 December 2010.

References

External links

JR-West CEO's September 2009 report announcing 225 series order

* ttp://www.kinkisharyo.co.jp/pdf/gihou/KSW17/KSW17_36-38.pdf Kinki Sharyo 225 series information {{JR-West rolling stock Electric multiple units of Japan West Japan Railway Company Train-related introductions in 2010 Kawasaki multiple units Kinki Sharyo multiple units 1500 V DC multiple units of Japan