page_title: 701 series
section_title: 701-1500 series
hierarchical_section_title: 701 series / 701-1500 series
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 701系1500番台（1次車）、磐城太田駅にて English: Sendai area 701-1500 series at Iwaki-Ōta Station, 8 June 2008
context_page_description: The 701 series is an AC electric multiple unit train type operated on local services by East Japan Railway Company, Aoimori Railway, and Iwate Galaxy Railway in Japan. The design is derived from the 209 series commuter EMU, and was intended to replace locomotive-hauled trains formed of 50 series coaches in the north of Japan.
context_section_description: Eighteen two-car sets (numbered F2-501 to F2-518) were delivered to Sendai depot between 1998 and 2001, including set F2-508, which was rebuilt from an earlier damaged 701-1000 series unit. Sets from  F2-509 onward were fitted with wheelchair spaces and ATS-Ps from new. They are used interchangeably with Sendai 701-1000 series sets.
caption: Sendai area 701-1500 series at Iwaki-Ōta Station in June 2008
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