215 series: Difference between revisions

{{Use dmy dates|date=JulyOctober 20132023}}

| image = 215 Zushi to Shinagawa at ShinSeries215-Kawasaki 20020713NL1.jpg

| caption = 215 series in JulyFebruary 20022021

| service = 1992–Present1992–March 2021

| yearservice = 4 April 1992

| yearscrapped = 2021

| numberservice = 40 vehicles (4 sets)None

| numberpreserved = None

| numberscrapped = 40 vehicles (4 sets)

| capacity = 1010 seated<ref name="tn29012022"/>

| depots = TamachiKōzu

| carlength = {{Convert|20,00020000|mm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| width = {{Convert|2,9002900|mm|ftin|abbr=on}}

The {{nihongo|'''215 series'''|215系}} iswas a [[Bilevel rail car|bilevel]] suburban [[electric multiple unit]] (EMU) train type operated by [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East) in the [[Kantō region]] of Japan sincefrom 1992.<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 = 267–268| isbn = 978-4-7770-0836-0}}</ref> to 2021.

The trains were built jointly by [[Hitachi]] and [[Nippon Sharyo]].<ref name="dj359">{{cite journal| 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| journal = Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine | volume = 43| issue = 359|page=23|language= Japanese| date = March 2014}}</ref> The trains were developed to accommodate the increasing number of long-distance commuters along the [[Tōkaidō Main Line]] and to provide seated services and express services using the parallel freight lines. The bilevel designs are based on the Green car of the [[211 series]] and the prototype Kuha 415-1901 of the [[415 series]].

All sets consistconsisted of 10 cars with only the first two cars at each end motoredpowered. Cars 4 and 5 arewere "Green" (first class) 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 | page = 80| isbn = 978-4-330-21211-1}}</ref>

| Mc || M'D || TD || stylecolspan="background: #F5FFF52"| TSD || style="background: #F5FFF5" | TSD || TDcolspan="3" || TD || TD || M'D || Mc

| KuMoHa 215 || MoHa 214 || SaHa 215-200<ref group="*">Car 3 of Set NL1 is numbered SaHa 215-2.</ref> || style="background: #F5FFF5"| SaRo 214 || style="background: #F5FFF5"| SaRo 215 || SaHacolspan="2" 214 || SaHa 214 || SaHa 215-100<ref group="*">Car 8 of Set NL1 is numbered SaHa 215-1.</ref> || MoHa 214-100 || KuMoHa 215-100

The first trainset was delivered in March 1992, and entered service from 4 April 1992<ref name="jrr2011"/> on [[Tōkaidō Main Line]] daytime ''Acty'' rapid services and evening ''[[Shōnan Liner]]'' services. Three more sets were delivered in October 1993.<ref name="jrr2011"/> The 215 series suffered from multiple issues related to the bilevel design while operating as the ''Acty''. The bilevel design meant each car only had two doors on each side of the vehicle, and the 10 car formation was considered short on the Tokaido Main Line which mainly operated with 15-car trains. Due to these problems, it took a considerate amount of time for passengers to get on and off at each stop, and delays became noticeable.

From December 2001, the 215 series fleet was removed from Tōkaidō Line ''Acty'' services, and reassigned to new [[Shōnan-Shinjuku Line]] services between [[Shinjuku Station{{STN|Shinjuku]]}} and [[Yokosuka Station{{STN|Yokosuka]]}}. Their use on Shōnan-Shinjuku Line services continued until 16 October 2004,<ref name="jrr2011"/> from which date all Shōnan-Shinjuku Line services were standardized with [[E231 series]] rolling stock.

From October 2004 onward, scheduled services using 215 series stock were limited to a small number of weekday ''[[Home Liner]]'' services, with only occasional holiday weekend workings, such as the ''Holiday Rapid View Yamanashi'' on the [[Chūō Main Line]].<ref name="jrr2011"/> The 215 series was ridiculed amongst Japanese railroad fans as the "[[NEET]] Liner" as, besides the occasional limited services, the train was often moved between Shinagawa and Kōzu as an out-of-service train.

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160716115949/http://www.jreast.co.jp/train/local/215.html 215 series on JR East website] {{jain iconlang|ja}}