page_title: 0 Series Shinkansen
section_title: Original 12-car H/K/N/R/S sets
hierarchical_section_title: 0 Series Shinkansen / Set formations / Original 12-car H/K/N/R/S sets
caption_attribution_description: English: 0 series shinkansen near Yurakucho Station inTokyo日本語: 0系新幹線 Flickr Tags:&#x20;tokyo&#x20;station&#x20;bahnhof&#x20;japan&#x20;train&#x20;railroad&#x20;bullet train&#x20;tokaido line&#x20;new tokaido line&#x20;high speed&#x20;shinkansen&#x20;tokaido&#x20;kyoto&#x20;1967.
context_page_description: The 0 series trains were the first generation Shinkansen trainsets built to run on Japan's new Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed line which opened in Japan in 1964. The last remaining trainsets were withdrawn in 2008.
context_section_description: The initial shinkansen fleet delivered for use on Hikari and Kodama services on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen from 1 October 1964 consisted of 30 12-car sets formed of 1st- and 2nd-batch cars. Six sets, H1 to H6, were built by Hitachi between April and August 1964, six sets, K1 to K6, were built by Kisha between July and September 1964, six sets, N1 to N6, were built by Nippon Sharyo between March and September 1964, six sets, R1 to R6, were built by Kawasaki Sharyo between July and September 1964, and six sets, S1 to S6, were built by Kinki Sharyo between April and August 1964. These sets were allocated to Tokyo and Osaka depots.
  A further 10 12-car sets (H7/8, K7/8, N7/8, R7/8, S7/8) were delivered between April and July 1965, formed of 120 3rd-batch cars, five 4th-batch sets were delivered between June and July 1966, and five 5th-batch sets were delivered between October and November 1966.
  The original 12-car sets were formed as follows, with two first-class cars (type 15 and 16) and two buffet cars (type 35).
caption: A 0 series set in Tokyo in May 1967
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