{{one source|date=October 2018}} {{short description|Japanese electric multiple unit train type}}{{Expand Japanese|date=July 2022|topic=transport}}{{Infobox train | background = | name = 52 series | image = File:JGR Moha52 firstmodel.jpg | imagealt = | imagesize = | caption = JGR Moha-52 electric multiple unit, first model, at Miyahara in 1936 | interiorimage = | interiorimagealt = | interiorcaption = | service = 1936-1983 | manufacturer = [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries]], [[Nippon Sharyo]] | ordernumber = | factory = | family = | replaced = | yearconstruction = 1936-1937 | yearservice = 1936 | refurbishment = | yearscrapped = | numberconstruction= | numberbuilt = 20 vehicles | numberservice = | numberpreserved = 2 vehicles | numberscrapped = | formation = | diagram = | code = | fleetnumbers = | capacity = | operator = [[Japanese Government Railways|JGR]], [[Japanese National Railways|JNR]] | depots = | lines =
| carbody = | trainlength = | carlength = | width = | height = | floorheight = | platformheight = | entrylevelorstep = | doors = | art-sections = | wheeldiameter = | wheelbase = | maxspeed = | weight = | axleload = | traction = | engine = | enginetype = | cylindercount = | cylindersize = | traction motors = | poweroutput = | tractiveeffort = | transmission = | acceleration = | deceleration = | aux = | powersupply = | hvac = | electricsystem = | collectionmethod = | uicclass = | aarwheels = | bogies = | brakes = | safety = | coupling = | multipleworking = | light = | gauge = | notes = }} The {{nihongo|'''52 series'''|52系}} [[Electric multiple unit|EMUs]] were manufactured in 1936-1937 in 3 batches and operated by [[Japanese Government Railways]] (JGR, later [[Japanese National Railways|JNR]]) for use on the [[Hanwa Line]], and later used on the [[San'yō Main Line]], [[JR Kobe Line]], [[JR Kyoto Line]] in the [[Kansai region]] and the [[Iida Line]] in [[Nagano Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. The trains were developed from the [[42 series]] EMUs.
The 52 series EMUs were retired between 1976 and 1983.
==Preserved examples== [[File:JNR-Kumoha52004.jpg|thumb|Preserved 52 series carriage KuMoHa 52004 at [[Sakuma Rail Park]], April 2009]] * '''KuMoHa 52001''': Suita Depot, [[Osaka]] * '''KuMoHa 52004''': (built in 1937 by Kawasaki Sharyo), [[SCMaglev and Railway Park]], Nagoya.<ref name="dj324">{{cite journal| title = 「リニア・鉄道館」ファーストガイド|trans-title= "SCMaglev and Railway Park" First Guide| journal = Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine | volume = 40| issue = 324|pages=20–33| date = April 2011}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Commons category}} {{JNR EMU}}
[[Category:Electric multiple units of Japan]] [[Category:Train-related introductions in 1936]] [[Category:1500 V DC multiple units of Japan]] [[Category:Nippon Sharyo multiple units]] [[Category:Kawasaki multiple units]] [[Category:1936 establishments in Japan]]