711 series

711 series

711 series set S-113 in January 2009
In service 1968 – March 2015
Manufacturer
Constructed 1967–1980
Number built 114 vehicles (38 sets)
Number in service None
Formation 3 cars per trainset
Operator(s) JR Hokkaido
Depot(s) Sapporo
Line(s) served Hakodate Main Line, Chitose Line, Muroran Main Line
Specifications
Car body construction Steel
Car length 20,000 mm (65 ft 7 in)
Width 2,950 mm (9 ft 8 in)
Doors 2 per side
Maximum speed 110 km/h (70 mph)
Traction system Thyristor drive
Electric system(s) 20 kV AC (50 Hz)
Current collection method Overhead line
Bogies DT38 (motored), TR208 (trailer)
Safety system(s) ATS-SN, ATS-DN
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The 711 series (711系 711-kei)was an AC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) on Sapporo area suburban services in Hokkaido, Japan, from 1968 until March 2015. It was the first AC EMU train to be operated in Japan by the former Japanese National Railways (JNR).[1] The last remaining trains in service were withdrawn on 13 March 2015.[2]

Fleet

By 1 October 2014, 36 vehicles (12 sets) were still in service, all based at Sapporo Depot.[3]

Formations

The 711 series trains were formed as three-car sets with one motored intermediate car and two non-powered driving trailer cars, as shown below.[4]

Car No. 1 2 3
Designation Tc' M Tc
Numbering KuHa 711-200 MoHa 711-100 KuHa 711-100

Car 2 was fitted with one N-PS785 single-arm pantograph.[4]

Former prototype sets S901/902

The former prototype sets, S901 and S902 were formed as shown below.[5]

Designation Tc Mc Tc'
Numbering KuHa 711-100 KuMoHa 711-900 KuHa 711-900

Interior

Seating consisted of a mixture of transverse seating bays and longitudinal bench seating.[1]

History

Prototype sets

Former prototype set S901 leading a 6-car formation at Sapporo, 1994

Two prototype 2-car sets, numbered KuMoHa 711-901 + KuHa 711-901 and KuMoHa 711-902 + KuHa 711-902, were delivered in February 1967 for test running ahead of the start of electric suburban services between Otaru and Takikawa from 1968. Both sets were based on the KiHa 22 diesel multiple unit design, but set 901 had opening two-pane windows and featured two sets of 4-leaf folding doors per side, whereas set 902 had sealed double-glazed windows, as used on the subsequent full-production sets. The two sets were modified to full-production standards in 1968 and 1970, but set 901 retained its opening windows.[6]

Full-production sets

The first full-production 3-car sets were delivered from August 1968.[1] A third, centre, door was added to some of the KuHa 711 cars from 1987.[1] All cars became no-smoking from 1 July 1992.[4] Priority seating was added from 1 October 1997.[4] Air conditioning was added to the 2-door sets between 2001 and 2002.[4] The original scissors-type pantographs were replaced with N-PS785 single-arm pantographs between 2004 and 2005.[4]

Repainted sets

Repainted set S-114 in June 2012

In 2011, set S-110 was repainted into its original JNR all-over crimson livery, and this was followed in May 2012 by a second similarly repainted set, S-114.[7]

Withdrawal

Withdrawn 711 series sets awaiting cutting up at Jinyamachi Rinkai Yard in Muroran, Hokkaido, in July 2015

The last remaining sets in service were withdrawn on 13 March 2015.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 JR全車輌ハンドブック2009 [JR Rolling Stock Handbook 2009]. Japan: Neko Publishing. 2009. p. 8. ISBN 978-4-7770-0836-0.
  2. 1 2 2015春のJRダイヤ改正 [JR Spring 2015 Timetable Revision]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 55 (650): 19. June 2015.
  3. ↑ JR電車編成表 2015冬 [JR EMU Formations - Winter 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 21 November 2014. ISBN 978-4-330-51614-1.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 JR電車編成表 2010夏 [JR EMU Formations - Summer 2010]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. May 2010. p. 2. ISBN 978-4-330-14310-1.
  5. ↑ JR電車編成表 '98夏号 [JR EMU Formations - Summer 1998]. Japan: JRR. July 1998. p. 5. ISBN 4-88283-029-9.
  6. ↑ プロトタイプの世界 - Prototype World. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbunsha. December 2005. p. 111. OCLC 170056962.
  7. ↑ Katayama (September 2012). "5/28, 711系　S-114編成, 2編成目の国鉄色に" [28 May: 711 series set S-114 2nd set to be repainted in JNR livery]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 52 (617): 161.

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