{{short description|Japanese train type}} {{Expand Japanese|date=July 2022|topic=transport}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox train | name = E655 series | image = JR-Series-E655.jpg | designer = Kenmochi Design Associates | caption = E655 series in February 2022 | service = 2007–present | manufacturer = [[Hitachi]], [[Tokyu Car Corporation]] | factory = | family = | replaced = | yearconstruction = 2007 | yearservice = | refurbishment = | yearscrapped = | numberconstruction = | numberbuilt = 6 vehicles | numberservice = 6 vehicles | numberpreserved = | numberscrapped = | formation = 5–6 cars per trainset (can be rearranged)
| fleetnumbers = | capacity = 107<ref name="railfan559"/> | operator = [[JR East]] | depots = Oku<ref name="jrr2009">{{cite book|title=JR電車編成表 2009夏|trans-title=JR EMU Formations – Summer 2009|publisher=JRR|date = June 2009|location=Japan|page=79|isbn=978-4-330-06909-8}}</ref> | lines = | carbody = Aluminium alloy | carlength = {{convert|21.365|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (end cars, over couplers)<br />{{convert|20.500|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (intermediate cars) | width = {{convert|2.946|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|3.940|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (head of end cars)<br />{{convert|3.695|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (side roof cover height)<br />{{convert|3.960|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (with pantograph folded) | doors = 1 per side | maxspeed = {{convert|130|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}<ref name="railfan559"/> | weight = | acceleration = | deceleration = | traction = 2-level [[IGBT]]-[[VVVF]] (Hitachi) | traction motors = 4 × Hitachi MT75A {{convert|140|kW|0|abbr=on}} 3-phase AC squirrel-cage induction motor | poweroutput = {{convert|2.24|MW|0|abbr=on}} | aux = | powersupply = | hvac = | electricsystem = {{1,500 V DC}} and 20 kV 50/60 Hz AC, all from [[overhead line|overhead catenary]] | collectionmethod = [[Pantograph (transport)|Pantograph]] | bogies = | brakes = | safety = ATS-P, ATS-Ps | coupling = | multipleworking = [[E657 series]] | gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}} }}
The {{Nihongo|'''E655 series'''|E655系}} is an [[Alternating current|AC]]/[[Direct current|DC]] dual-voltage [[electric multiple unit]] (EMU) train operated by [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East) in Japan. The single 5-car trainset is used as a luxury charter train called {{Nihongo|''Nagomi''|なごみ(和)}}, and also as the [[Royal Train|Imperial train]] by inserting a dedicated Imperial carriage.<ref name="railfan559">{{cite magazine | title = E655系特急形交直流電車 |trans-title=E655 series limited-express AC/DC train |magazine=[[Japan Railfan Magazine]] | volume = 47 | issue = 559 |pages=10–19 | publisher = Kōyūsha| location = Japan | date = November 2007 }}</ref>
==Formation== The trainset is normally formed as a five-car set, as shown below.<ref name="railfan559"/> # KuRo E655-101 (Tsc') (with diesel generator) # MoRo E655-101 (M1s) (with 2 pantographs) # MoRo E654-101 (M2s) # MoRo E655-201 (M1s) (with 2 pantographs) # KuMoRo E654-101 (M2sc)
The Imperial carriage, classified "TR" and numbered E655-1, is inserted between cars 3 and 4 for Imperial Train duties.
Cars 1 to 3 were built by [[Tokyu Car Corporation]], and the other three cars were built by [[Hitachi]]<ref name="jrr2009"/>
The E655 series unit can be hauled by a diesel locomotive on non-electrified lines, in which case power for air conditioning and lighting is supplied by the diesel generator in car 1.
==Interior== Seating in cars 1 to 5 is in 2+1 configuration. The nine seats in car 3 are leather-covered.<ref name="railfan559"/>
=="TR" car E655-1== The special "TR" imperial train car can also operate sandwiched within other EMU trainsets, and has been test run in an [[E257 series]] set (December 2008),<ref name="railfan20081206">{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2008/12/06/214100.html|title= E257系M104編成，特別車両E655-1を連結して試運転|trans-title=E257 series set M104 test run with E655-1 special car|date= 6 December 2008|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja |access-date= 29 September 2011}}</ref> [[E653 series]] set (April 2009),<ref name="railfan20090423">{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2009/04/23/122100.html|title= E655-1，E653系と混結試運転|trans-title=E655-1 test run in E653 series formation|date= 23 April 2009|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja |access-date= 29 September 2011}}</ref> and [[E657 series]] set (September 2011).<ref name="railfan20110928">{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2011/09/28/153000.html|title= E657系+E655-1が試運転|trans-title=E657 + E655-1 test run|date= 28 September 2011|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja |access-date= 29 September 2011}}</ref>
<gallery> File:JRE-E655-E655-1.jpg|"TR" car E655-1 on a test run, September 2010 File:JR East E657-E655-1 20110928 osaki.jpg|"TR" car E655-1 on a test run sandwiched in E657 series set K-1, September 2011 </gallery>
==History== JR East announced in June 2004 its plans to build a new VIP train which would also replace the former locomotive-hauled imperial train. The E655 series trainset was delivered in July 2007, and unveiled to the media at [[Ueno Station]] in Tokyo on 24 July 2007, before undergoing test running on various lines in the [[Kanto Region]]. The first revenue-earning service operated by the train was on 23 November 2007, when it was used for a charter service for JR East's "Otona no Kyujitsu Club" between Ueno and [[Kōriyama Station (Fukushima)|Kōriyama]]. On 13 December 2007, JR East announced that the train would be called ''Nagomi''.<ref>JR East press release: [http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2007_2/20071208.pdf "E655系ハイグレード車両の列車愛称決定並びに商品企画について" (13 December 2007)]. Retrieved 8 July 2009. {{in lang|ja}}</ref> The first Imperial Train working was on 12 November 2008, when the train was used to convey the Japanese Imperial couple and the Spanish Royal couple between Ueno and [[Tsuchiura Station|Tsuchiura]].<ref name="sankei20081112">{{cite web |url= http://sankei.jp.msn.com/culture/imperial/081112/imp0811121211001-n1.htm|script-title=ja:両陛下、スペイン国王とお召し列車でつくば市をご訪問|trans-title=The Imperial Couple visit Tsukuba with King of Spain|date= 12 November 2008|work= Sankei Shimbun|publisher= The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital|location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090210071735/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/culture/imperial/081112/imp0811121211001-n1.htm|archive-date= 10 February 2009|access-date= 25 December 2012}}</ref>
==Imperial train workings== {{Incomplete list|date=December 2022}}[[File:JR East E655 imperial train 20121006 Musashisakai.jpg|thumb|The E655 series set on an imperial train working on the Chuo Line, October 2012]] The E655 series set has been used on the following imperial train workings.
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Date !! Route !! Conveying |- | 12 November 2008 || Ueno → Tsuchiura || Imperial Couple and Spanish Royal Couple<ref name="sankei20081112"/> |- | 13 November 2011 || Tokyo → Kofu || Crown Prince<ref name="railfan20111114">{{cite web |url=http://railf.jp/news/2011/11/14/101600.html |script-title=ja:中央本線で御乗用列車運転|trans-title=Imperial Train runs on Chuo Main Line|date= 14 November 2011|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.| location = Japan |language= ja|access-date= 25 December 2012}}</ref> |- | 6 October 2012 || Tokyo – Kofu (return) || Imperial Couple<ref name="railfan622">{{cite magazine| last = Yamabe| first = Shuichi| title = E655系お召し列車運転|trans-title=E655 series imperial train working|magazine=[[Japan Railfan Magazine]] | volume = 53| issue = 622|pages=82–83| publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd.| location = Japan | date = February 2013}}</ref> |}
==See also== * [[Joyful Train]], the generic name for excursion and charter trains operated in Japan
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|JR East E655|E655 series}} * [http://www.jreast.co.jp/train/joyful/e655.html JR East E655 series ''Nagomi''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113202444/http://www.jreast.co.jp/train/joyful/e655.html |date=13 January 2021 }} {{in lang|ja}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120522054033/http://railf.jp/car/jr/east/e655.html JR East E655 series] (Japan Railfan Magazine Online) {{in lang|ja}}
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