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The 419 series sets were converted from surplus former 583 series sleeping car EMUs and entered service from the start of the revised timetable in March 1985.
Following the introduction of new
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 introduced in 1985 by Japanese National Railways
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Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
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(JR-West) on local services along the Japan Sea coast of Japan until March 2011. They were converted from former 583 series
The were limited express electric multiple unit (EMU) train types introduced in 1967 by Japanese National Railways and later operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on the through services expr ...
sleeping car EMUs in the 1980s.
Formations
Sets D01-D09
KuMoHa 419 + MoHa 418 + KuHa 418 (MoHa 418 cars each had one PS16 pantograph.)Sets D10-D15
KuMoHa 419 + MoHa 418 + KuHa 419 (MoHa 418 cars each had one PS16 pantograph.)Interior
History
The 419 series sets were converted from surplus former 583 series sleeping car EMUs and entered service from the start of the revised timetable in March 1985.
Following the introduction of new 521 series
The is a dual-voltage AC/DC outer-suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and third-sector railway operators IR Ishikawa Railway and Ainokaze Toyama Railway on local services in the Fuk ...
EMUs in late 2006, two sets, D10 and D13, were withdrawn in March 2007. The remaining sets were finally withdrawn on 11 March 2011.
KuHa 418-1 from set D01 was preserved at a locomotive scrapping facility in Takaoka starting in 2012; it was removed from display around November 2021 and subsequently scrapped.
See also
* 715 series, similar EMUs used in the north-east Japan and northern KyushuReferences
Further reading
* {{JR-West rolling stock Electric multiple units of Japan West Japan Railway Company Train-related introductions in 1985 ja:国鉄419系・715系電車 1500 V DC multiple units of Japan 20 kV AC multiple units