page_title: 883 series
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: 883 series / History
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: JR九州883系特急形電車AO1編成 English: JR Kyushu 883 series EMU set AO1 in original livery
context_page_description: The 883 series is an AC electric multiple unit tilting train type operated on Sonic limited express services by Kyushu Railway Company in Japan since April 1995.
context_section_description: The first trains entered service from 20 April 1995.
  All cars were made no-smoking from the start of the revised timetable on 18 March 2007.
caption: Set AO1 in original livery
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