201 series train

The 201 series (201系, nihyaku-ichi kei) is a type of Electric Multiple Unit rolling stock used on some lines by East Japan Railway Company and West Japan Railway Company (both formerly Japanese National Railways (JNR)) since 1979. Image File history File linksMetadata 201_series_Ome_Itsukaichi_line. ... Image File history File linksMetadata 201_series_Ome_Itsukaichi_line. ... A multiple unit is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive. ... Yamanote Line, Tokyo JR Yamanote Line train in Tokyo, Japan Above Yurakucho in Tokyo East Japan Railway Company (東日本旅客鉄道 Higashi-Nihon Ryokyaku Tetsudo or JR東日本; JR Higashi-Nihon) (TYO: 9020) is a Japanese private railroad company, the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven JR companies. ... West Japan Railway Company (西日本旅客鉄道株式会社 Nishi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudô Kabushiki Gaisha), commonly known as JR-West (JR西日本 JR Nishi Nihon), is one of JR companies in Japan that covers western Honshu. ... Japanese National Railways (日本国有鉄道 Nippon Kokuyū Tetsudō), abbreviated Kokutetsu (国鉄) or JNR, was the national railway network of Japan from 1872 to 1987. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

It was the first JNR train to use electronic chopper control.^[1] A chopper circuit is used to refer to numerous types of electronic switching devices and circuits. ...

Mainly used

East Japan Railway Company

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Sotobo Line

Togane Line

West Japan Railway Company

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Notes and References

1. ^ Japan Railfan Magazine February 2005 issue