Hitachi Rolling Stock

The latest Hitachi train has a width of 2.99m (9.8ft), height of 4.51m (14.8ft), has a total length of 63.5m(208.3ft), and weighs 102 metric tons. The body is constructed of aluminum alloy. Each 4 car train can handle 632 passengers (156 of them seated). This provides a pphpd (passengers per hour per direction) rating of 18,960 with a 2 minute headway.


Original Osaka trains (1990) feature side seating. Note floor doors for maintenance access to load tires.

 

 
Newer Osaka trains include more seating.



A two-car Hitachi train for Naha, Okinawa.

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