{{short description|Japanese train type}} {{Unreliable sources|date=May 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox train | name = E217 series | image = Series-E217 Y101.jpg | imagesize = 300px | caption = E217 series set Y-101 in June 2022 | service = 1994 – 8 March 2025 | manufacturer = [[Tokyu Car]], [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries]], [[JR East]] (Niitsu/Ofuna) | factory = | family = | replaced = [[113 series]] | successor = [[E235-1000 series]] | yearconstruction = 1994–1999 | yearservice = 3 December 1994 | refurbishment = 2008–2012 | yearscrapped = 2021–2025 | numberconstruction = | numberbuilt = 745 vehicles (97 sets) | numberservice = None | numberpreserved = | numberscrapped = | formation = 4/11 cars per trainset | fleetnumbers = Y-01 – Y-51, Y-101 – Y-146 | capacity = | operator = {{ric|JR East|name=y}} | depots = Kamakura | lines = {{Plainlist| *{{ric|JR East|JO}} [[Yokosuka Line]] *{{ric|JR East|JO}} [[Sōbu Line (Rapid)]] *{{ric|JR East|JO}} [[Narita Line]] *{{ric|JR East|JO}} [[Sōbu Main Line]] *{{colorbull|#c56e2e}} [[Kashima Line]] *{{Colorbull|DeepSkyBlue}} [[Uchibō Line]] *{{Colorbull|OrangeRed}} [[Sotobō Line]] *{{ric|JR East|JT}} [[Tokaido Main Line]] *{{ric|JR East|JS}} [[Shōnan-Shinjuku Line]] }} | carbody = Stainless steel | carlength = {{Convert|19500|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} <br> ({{Convert|20000|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} when couplers included) | width = {{Convert|2950|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} | height = | floorheight = | doors = 4 per side | maxspeed = {{Convert|120|km/h|mph|round=5|abbr=on}} | weight = | acceleration = {{cvt|2.0|km/h/s}} | deceleration = {{cvt|4.2|km/h/s}} | traction = [[Variable-frequency drive|Variable frequency]] ([[Gate turn-off thyristor|GTO]]/[[Insulated gate bipolar transistor|IGBT]]) | poweroutput = 1,520 kW | transmission = | aux = | powersupply = | hvac = | electricsystem = 1,500 V DC overhead catenary | collectionmethod = | bogies = | brakes = [[Regenerative brake]] | safety = [[Automatic Train Stop|ATS-P]], ATS-SN, [[Automatic Train Control|ATC]] (not service) | coupling = [[Railway coupling#Shibata coupler|Shibata type]] | multipleworking = | gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}} }}
The {{nihongo|'''E217 series'''|E217系}} was a suburban [[electric multiple unit]] (EMU) train type operated by [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East) in the [[Kantō region]] of Japan from 1994 to 2025.<ref name="neko2009">{{cite book| title = JR全車輌ハンドブック2009 |trans-title=JR Rolling Stock Handbook 2009| publisher = Neko Publishing| year = 2009| location = Japan| pages = 269–270| isbn = 978-4-7770-0836-0}}</ref>
==Design== Introduced in 1994 to replace the [[113 series]] EMUs running on the [[Sōbu Line (Rapid)]] and [[Yokosuka Line]], the E217 series was the first outer-suburban train type in Japan to feature four pairs of doors per side per car. The basic design was developed from the [[209 series]] commuter EMUs. It replaced all the Yokosuka Line 113 series trains by 1999. The trains were built jointly by [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries]], [[Tokyu Car]], and JR East (Niitsu and Ofuna factories).<ref name="dj359">{{cite magazine| last = Saka| first = Masahiro| title = JR第1世代の車両・現況と概要|trans-title=JR 1st-generation rolling stock: Current situation and overview|magazine=Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine| volume = 43| issue = 359| page =23| publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun| location = Japan |language= ja| date = March 2014}}</ref>
For traction, they used [[Mitsubishi Electric]]-manufactured VVVF inverters with [[Insulated-gate bipolar transistor|IGBT]] (formerly [[Gate turn-off thyristor|GTO]]) switching devices which control Mitsubishi MT68/73 traction motors. The gear ratio was 97:16.
==Former operations== * [[Kashima Line]] ([[Sawara Station|Sawara]] – [[Kashima-Jingū Station|Kashima-Jingū]]) * [[Narita Line]] ([[Chiba Station|Chiba]] – [[Narita Airport Station|Narita Airport]], [[Sawara Station|Sawara]]) * [[Sōbu Main Line]] ([[Tokyo Station|Tokyo]] – [[Narutō Station|Narutō]]) * [[Sotobō Line]] ([[Chiba Station|Chiba]] – [[Kazusa-Ichinomiya Station|Kazusa-Ichinomiya]]) * [[Uchibō Line]] ([[Chiba Station|Chiba]] – [[Kimitsu Station|Kimitsu]]) * [[Yokosuka Line]] ([[Tokyo Station|Tokyo]] – [[Kurihama Station|Kurihama]]) * [[Shōnan–Shinjuku Line]] ([[Shinjuku Station|Shinjuku]] – [[Zushi Station|Zushi]]) (December 2001 – October 2004) * [[Tōkaidō Main Line]] ([[Tokyo Station|Tokyo]] – [[Atami Station|Atami]]) (March 2006 – March 2015)<ref name="mynavi20150319">{{cite web |url= http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2015/03/19/181/|script-title=ja: JR東日本、東海道線E217系の営業運転終了 – 「湘南色」の帯で活躍した車両|trans-title=JR East E217 series withdrawn from Tōkaidō Line|date= 19 March 2015|work= Mynavi News|publisher= Mynavi Corporation|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 30 March 2015}}</ref> * ''[[Airport Narita]]'' (name discontinued March 2018)
==Formations== ===Yokosuka/Sōbu Line formations=== ====11-car Yokosuka/Sōbu Line sets==== The 11-car sets were based at Kamakura Depot and formed with four motored ("M") cars and seven non-powered trailer ("T") cars.<ref name="e217_latest">{{cite web|url=https://4gousya.net/jr/4105.php|title=E217系鎌倉車両センター本所編成表（最新版）|trans-title=E217 series Kamakura Depot formation list (latest)|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- |style="background-color:#ccc;"| |colspan="11"|<div style="float:left;">← Kimitsu, Narita Airport</div><div style="float:right;">Kurihama →</div> |-style="line-height: 1.5px; background-color: #2222dd;" |colspan="12" style="padding:0; border:0;"| |-style="line-height: 5.5px; background-color: #ffeebb;" |colspan="12" style="padding:0; border:0;"| |-style="line-height: 3px; background-color: #2222dd;" |colspan="12" style="padding:0; border:0;"| |- ! Car No. !! 11 !! 10 !! 9 !! 8 !! 7 !! 6 !! style="background: #E6FFE6"| 5 !! style="background: #E6FFE6"| 4 !! 3 !! 2 !! 1 |- ! Designation | Tc || T || M || M' || colspan="2" | T || style="background: #F5FFF5" | Tsd || style="background: #F5FFF5"| Tsd' || M || M' || Tc' |- ! Numbering | KuHa E217 || SaHa E217 || MoHa E217 || MoHa E216-1000 || colspan="2" | SaHa E217-2000 || style="background: #F5FFF5" | SaRo E217 || style="background: #F5FFF5"| SaRo E216 || MoHa E217-2000 || MoHa E216-2000 || KuHa E216-2000 |} * Cars 3 and 9 each had one scissors pantograph. * Cars 1 and 11 had an accessible/priority "free space". * Cars 1, 5, and 11 each had a toilet ([[universal design]] in car 1, [[Toilets in Japan#Squat toilet|Japanese-style]] in car 11). * Car 8 was designated as a mildly air-conditioned car. * Cars 4 and 5 were bilevel Green Cars with transverse seating. * Cars 9, 10, and 11 had a mix of longitudinal and transverse box seating.
====4-car Yokosuka/Sōbu Line sets==== The four-car sets were based at Kamakura Depot and formed with two motored ("M") cars and two non-powered trailer ("T") cars.<ref name="e217_latest" />
{| class="wikitable" |- |style="background-color:#ccc;"| |colspan="4"|<div style="float:left;">← Kimitsu, Narita Airport</div> <div style="float:right;">Kurihama →</div> |-style="line-height: 1.5px; background-color: #2222dd;" |colspan="5" style="padding:0; border:0;"| |-style="line-height: 5.5px; background-color: #ffeebb;" |colspan="5" style="padding:0; border:0;"| |-style="line-height: 3px; background-color: #2222dd;" |colspan="5" style="padding:0; border:0;"| |- ! Car No. !! +4 !! +3 !! +2 !! +1 |- ! Designation | Tc || M || M' || Tc' |- ! Numbering | KuHa E217-2000 || MoHa E217-2000 || MoHa E216-2000 || KuHa E216-1000/2000 |} * Car +3 had a scissors pantograph. * Cars +1 and +4 had an accessible/priority "free space". * Car +1 had a [[Toilets in Japan#Squat toilet|Japanese-style]] toilet.
===Tōkaidō Line formations=== ====10-car Tōkaidō Line sets====
Three 10-car sets (F-01–F-03) were based at Kōzu Depot and formed with four motored ("M") cars and six non-powered trailer ("T") cars.<ref name="jrr2011">{{cite book |title = JR電車編成表 2011夏 |trans-title=JR EMU Formations – Summer 2011| publisher = JRR| date = May 2010| location = Japan| isbn = 978-4-330-21211-1}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- |style="background-color:#ccc;"| |colspan="10"|<div style="float:left;">← Tokyo</div><div style="float:right;">Atami →</div> |-style="line-height: 3.3px; background-color: #F68B1E;" |colspan="11" style="padding:0; border:0;"| |-style="line-height: 6.7px; background-color: #22AA33;" |colspan="11" style="padding:0; border:0;"| |- ! Car No. !! 10 !! 9 !! 8 !! 7 !! 6 !! style="background: #E6FFE6"| 5 !! style="background: #E6FFE6"| 4 !! 3 !! 2 !! 1 |- ! Designation | Tc || M || M' || colspan="2" | T || style="background: #F5FFF5" | Tsd || style="background: #F5FFF5"| Tsd' || M || M' || Tc' |- ! Numbering | KuHa E217 || MoHa E217 || MoHa E216-1000 || colspan="2" | SaHa E217-2000 || style="background: #F5FFF5" | SaRo E217 || style="background: #F5FFF5"| SaRo E216 || MoHa E217-2000 || MoHa E216-2000 || KuHa E216-2000 |} * Cars 3 and 9 each had one scissors pantograph. * Cars 1 and 10 had an accessible/priority "free space". * Cars 1, 5, and 10 each had a toilet ([[universal design]] in car 1, [[Toilets in Japan#Squat toilet|Japanese-style]] in car 10). * Car 8 was designated as a mildly air-conditioned car. * Cars 4 and 5 were bilevel Green Cars with transverse seating. * Cars 9 and 10 had a mix of longitudinal and transverse box seating.
====5-car Tōkaidō Line sets====
Three five-car sets (F-51–F-53) were based at Kōzu Depot and formed with two motored ("M") cars and three non-powered trailer ("T") cars.<ref name="jrr2011"/>
{| class="wikitable" |- |style="background-color:#ccc;"| |colspan="5"|<div style="float:left;">← Tokyo</div><div style="float:right;">Atami →</div> |-style="line-height: 3.3px; background-color: #F68B1E;" |colspan="6" style="padding:0; border:0;"| |-style="line-height: 6.7px; background-color: #22AA33;" |colspan="6" style="padding:0; border:0;"| |- ! Car No. !! 15 !! 14 !! 13 !! 12 !! 11 |- ! Designation | Tc || T || M || M' || Tc' |- ! Numbering | KuHa E217-2000 || SaHa E217 || MoHa E217-2000 || MoHa E216-2000 || KuHa E216-1000 |} * Car 13 had a scissors pantograph. * Cars 11 and 15 had an accessible/priority "free space". * Car 11 had a [[Toilets in Japan#Squat toilet|Japanese-style]] toilet. * Car 14 had a mix of longitudinal and transverse box seating.
<gallery> File:Jre E217F.jpg|E217 series in ''Shōnan'' livery, April 2007 </gallery>
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==Interior== <gallery> File:E217-inside-longseat.jpg|E217 series longitudinal seating File:E217-inside-semicross-seat.jpg|E217 series transverse seating File:Series-E217 Green-car-2F.jpg|Green car upper saloon, October 2021 File:Series-E217 Green-car-1F.jpg|Green car lower saloon, October 2021 </gallery>
==History== [[File:JRE E217new old.JPG|thumb|Refurbished (left) and unrefurbished (right) sets, August 2008]] The E217 series trains entered revenue service from 3 December 1994.<ref name="jrr2011"/>
From December 2001, 11-car trains were used on the [[Shōnan–Shinjuku Line]] between [[Shinjuku Station|Shinjuku]] and [[Zushi Station|Zushi]]. This continued until October 2004 when Shōnan–Shinjuku Line services were unified using [[E231 series#E231-1000 series|E231-1000 series]] trains.
In March 2006, three 15-car trains were reformed as 10+5-car sets and transferred to Kōzu depot for use from 14 March 2006 on [[Tōkaidō Main Line]] duties out of Tokyo alongside E231-1000 series trains. The sets were repainted into the same ''Shonan'' color scheme of orange and green bodyside stripes as applied to the E231s. These sets were all transferred back to Yokosuka/Sōbu Line services by March 2015.
A program of refurbishment on the fleet commenced in 2008 and was completed in 2012. Externally, sets received lighter blue and cream stripes.
Following the introduction of newer [[E235 series#E235-1000 series|E235-1000 series]] sets, withdrawals commenced in fiscal 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koyama |first=Kei |date=2020-06-07 |title=実はレア 引退時期が迫る横須賀・総武快速線E217系 どんな車両？ 少数生産のワケ |trans-title=The rare, near-retirement Yokosuka-Sobu Rapid Line E217 series – what kind of vehicle is it, and what was the reason for low production numbers? |url=https://trafficnews.jp/post/96952 |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Traffic News |publisher=Mediavague |location=Japan |language=ja}}</ref> The first withdrawn set was transferred to Nagano in January 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://tetsudo-ch.com/11074789.html |language=ja|location=Japan|date=7 January 2021 |access-date=7 April 2025 |title=横須賀線 総武線快速 E217系、最初の廃車はY-44編成か |publisher=[[:ja:鉄道チャンネル]]}}</ref>
The last remaining sets were withdrawn from service after their final runs on 8 March 2025 before the start of the revised timetable on 15 March of that year.<ref>{{cite web |title=え、いなくなってたの!? ダイヤ改正で「サイレント引退」したJR車両3選 |trans-title=What, they're gone?! 3 JR trains that were "silently retired" due to timetable changes |url=https://trafficnews.jp/post/534126 |website=Traffic News |publisher=Mediavague |access-date=2 April 2025 |location=Japan |language=ja |date=2 April 2025}}</ref>
=== Rejected export to Indonesia === {{Main|Indonesian used train import controversy}}
In September 2022, Indonesian state railway operator [[Kereta Api Indonesia]] (KAI) filed for permission to import 348 used E217 series cars between 2023 and 2024 to replace older trainsets in its subsidiary commuter network [[KAI Commuter]]. This request was rejected by the [[Ministry of Industry (Indonesia)|Indonesian Ministry of Industry]] in January 2023, resulting in domestic controversy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Melihat Urgensi Impor KRL Bekas Jepang yang Ditolak Kemenperin |trans-title=Seeing the Urgency of Importing Used Japanese Electric Railcars Rejected by the Ministry of Industry|url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/ekonomi/20230302064934-92-919656/melihat-urgensi-impor-krl-bekas-jepang-yang-ditolak-kemenperin |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=[[CNN Indonesia]] |date=2 March 2023 |language=id-ID |archive-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719143316/https://www.cnnindonesia.com/ekonomi/20230302064934-92-919656/melihat-urgensi-impor-krl-bekas-jepang-yang-ditolak-kemenperin |url-status=live }}</ref> Following meetings with government ministries, KAI later announced in June 2023 that they would buy new trainsets from Japan and Indonesia instead of used E217 series sets.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kencana |first1=Maulandy Rizky Bayu |title=Gagal Impor KRL Bekas dari Jepang, KAI Commuter Permak 19 Kereta Tahun Ini |trans-title=Failing to Import Used Electric Railcars From Japan, KAI Commuter Orders 19 Trains This Year|url=https://www.liputan6.com/bisnis/read/5328515/gagal-impor-krl-bekas-dari-jepang-kai-commuter-permak-19-kereta-tahun-ini |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=[[Liputan 6]] |date=25 June 2023 |language=id |archive-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719143818/https://www.liputan6.com/bisnis/read/5328515/gagal-impor-krl-bekas-dari-jepang-kai-commuter-permak-19-kereta-tahun-ini |url-status=live }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{cite book |script-title=ja: 首都圏新系列車両PROFILE |trans-title=Tokyo Area New-generation Rolling Stock Profile |publisher = Ikaros Publishing |date = 15 April 2011 |location = Japan |isbn = 978-4-86320-436-2}}
==External links== {{Commons category|JR East E217}} * [http://www.jreast.co.jp/train/local/e217.html JR E217 series] {{in lang|ja}}
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