The is an AC electric multiple unit type operated on limited express services by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Japan since July 1992.
Design The trains were built jointly by Hitachi and Kinki Sharyo.
Formations 7-car sets (BM1–11, BM13–14) (2004–2011) The 7-car sets are formed as follows.
Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Designation Msc M'1 T1 T2 T M M'c Numbering KuMoRo 787 MoHa 786 SaHa 787-100 SaHa 787-200 SaHa 787 MoHa 787 KuMoHa 786
Cars 2 and 7 are each fitted with one PS400K scissors-type pantograph.
6-car sets (BM1-14, BM115) The two 6-car sets are formed as follows.
Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Designation Msc M'1 T2 T M M'c Numbering KuMoRo 787 MoHa 786 SaHa 787-200 SaHa 787 MoHa 787 KuMoHa 786
Cars 2 and 6 are each fitted with one PS400K scissors-type pantograph.
4-car sets (BM101–BM111) The 11 4-car sets are formed as follows.
Car No. 1 2 3 4 Designation Thsc M M' Tc Numbering KuRoHa 786 MoHa 787 MoHa 786 KuHa 787
Car 3 is fitted with one PS400K scissors-type pantograph.
Operations , the 787 series are used on the following limited express services. Ariake Kirameki Kaiō Midori Nichirin Hyuga Kirishima Relay Kamome Sendai Express
Former operations Tsubame (2004–2011)
From the start of the revised timetable on 12 March 2011, with the completion of the Kyushu Shinkansen, 787 series sets were no longer used on Relay Tsubame services. The T1 (SaHa 787) cars were removed from the 7-car sets to form a fleet of 15 6-car sets. These were redeployed on Kamome services, displacing the earlier 783 series EMUs.
Joyful Train sets
36 + 3: A modified six-car set, which had been planned for service to begin on 15 October 2020, is based at Minami-Fukuoka Depot.
History All cars were made no-smoking from the start of the revised timetable on 18 March 2007.
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