page_title: 8600 series
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: 8600 series / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The first two JR Shikoku 8600 series EMU sets, E11 and E12 being delivered, hauled by Class EF65 electric locomotive EF65 2121
context_page_description: The 8600 series is a tilting limited express electric multiple unit train type operated by Shikoku Railway Company in Shikoku, Japan, on Ishizuchi limited express services between Takamatsu and Matsuyama since June 2014, replacing ageing 2000 series diesel multiple unit trains. A total of 17 vehicles were delivered by February 2018, replacing all diesel units on the route.
context_section_description: The first two pre-series set, E11 and E12, were delivered to Takamatsu Depot from the Kawasaki Heavy Industries factory in Kobe in February 2014. Test running commenced in March. The trains entered service on Ishizuchi limited express services between Takamatsu and Matsuyama on 23 June 2014.
  The next four full-production sets (three-car sets E1 and E2 and two-car sets E13 and E14) were delivered from Kawasaki Heavy Industries in October 2015.
caption: The first two sets, E11 and E12, being delivered in February 2014
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