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File:JRE series255 saro255-1 inside.jpg, Green car (SaRo 255-1) interior view
File:JRE series255 saro255-1 seat.jpg, Green class seating
File:JRE series255 moha254-2 inside.jpg, Standard class car (MoHa 254-2) interior view
File:JRE series255 moha254-2 seat.jpg, Standard class seating
The first two sets, Be01 and Be02, were delivered in March and April 1993, entering revenue service from 2 July 1993 on ''View Wakashio'' and ''View Sazanami'' limited express services. Three more sets, Be03 to Be05, were delivered in October and November 1994.
From the start of the revised timetable on 12 December 2000, the Green car (car 4) was made entirely no smoking.
The destination indicators on the sides of cars were changed from the original roller blind type to LED indicators between October and November 2005.
From the start of the revised timetable on 10 December 2005, ''View Wakashio'' and ''View Sazanami'' services were renamed simply ''Wakashio'' and ''Sazanami'', and 255 series sets were also introduced on ''Shiosai'' services. All cars were made no-smoking from this date.
The front-end skirt design was modified during 2010.
255 series ''Shiosai''/''Wakashio''/''Sazanami''
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electric multiple unit
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(EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company
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(JR East) in Japan. It was introduced into commercial service on 2 July 1993, and was specifically designed to be used limited express
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services from Tokyo to the Bōsō Peninsula
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.
Design
The trains were built jointly byKinki Sharyo
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and Tokyu Car
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, with a steel body design based directly on the earlier 253 series 53 may refer to:
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EMUs built for ''Narita Express
, abbreviated as N'EX, is a limited express train service operated in Japan since 1991 by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), serving Narita International Airport from various Greater Tokyo Area stations. Services run approximately half-hour ...
'' services, although the window height was increased by . It is the first JR East limited express rolling stock to feature VVVF
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Gate turn-off thyristor
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traction control systems, based on the results of trials with the prototype 209 series
The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1993.
The series was introduced in 1992 for experimental operations (as the 901 series) and in 1993 fo ...
commuter EMUs.
DT56E bogie
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s are used on motored cars, and TR241E bogies are used on trailer cars.
Operations
Sōbu Main Line
* ''Shiosai
The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs from and to on the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture.
Station stops
''Shiosai'' services operate over the Sōbu Main Line, s ...
'': Tokyo - (since 10 December 2005)
Sotobō Line
* ''Wakashio
The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs from to and on the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture.
Station stops
''Wakashio'' services operate over the Keiyo Line and ...
'': - Tokyo
* ''Shinjuku Wakashio'': Shinjuku -
Formations
The five 9-car sets, numbered Be01 to Be05, are formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Tokyo end. Trains consist of four motored "MoHa" and five "KuHa", "SaHa", and "SaRo" trailer cars. Cars 2 and 8 are each equipped with one PS26A scissors-type pantograph.Passenger facilities
* Green (first class) car: Car 4 * Toilets: Cars 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 * Wheelchair space: Car 5 * Telephone: Car 4Interior
Seating is arranged 2+2 abreast in both standard class and Green class, with a seat pitch of in standard class, and a seat pitch of in Green class.History
The first two sets, Be01 and Be02, were delivered in March and April 1993, entering revenue service from 2 July 1993 on ''View Wakashio'' and ''View Sazanami'' limited express services. Three more sets, Be03 to Be05, were delivered in October and November 1994.
From the start of the revised timetable on 12 December 2000, the Green car (car 4) was made entirely no smoking.
The destination indicators on the sides of cars were changed from the original roller blind type to LED indicators between October and November 2005.
From the start of the revised timetable on 10 December 2005, ''View Wakashio'' and ''View Sazanami'' services were renamed simply ''Wakashio'' and ''Sazanami'', and 255 series sets were also introduced on ''Shiosai'' services. All cars were made no-smoking from this date.
The front-end skirt design was modified during 2010.
See also
*E257 series
The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated in Japan for limited express services by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and built jointly by Hitachi, Kinki Sharyo, and Tokyu Car Corporation.
Variants
* E257-0 series: ''Azu ...
, also used on Bōsō limited express services
References
External links
255 series ''Shiosai''/''Wakashio''/''Sazanami''
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