page_title: E2 Series Shinkansen
section_title: 8-car "N" sets
hierarchical_section_title: E2 Series Shinkansen / 8-car "N" sets
caption_attribution_description: English: JR East E2 series shinkansen set N11 approaching Tokyo Station on the Nagano Shinkansen Asama 514 service from Nagano 日本語: E2系「あさま」 東京駅にて
context_page_description: The E2 series is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen train type operated by East Japan Railway Company on the Tohoku Shinkansen high-speed lines in Japan since 1997. They are formed in 8- and 10-car sets. The 8-car sets were used on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, and the 10-car sets are on Tohoku Shinkansen services. The 10-car sets can be coupled to E3 series Komachi sets using couplers hidden behind retracting nose doors.
  They operate at a maximum speed of 275 km/h on the Tohoku Shinkansen.
  A total of 502 vehicles were built between 1997 and 2010, with the first withdrawals commencing in late 2013.
context_section_description: The fleet of thirteen "N" sets was constructed for the new Asama services on the newly constructed Nagano Shinkansen (present-day Hokuriku Shinkansen) to Nagano from 1 October 1997, and are classified simply "E2 series". Units N2 onwards were delivered from March 1997 to September 1997. These sets are compatible with both the 50 Hz supply used by JR East and the 60 Hz supply used west of Karuizawa on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, and are limited to a maximum speed of 260 km/h. Tohoku Shinkansen set J1 was transferred to Nagano depot in October 2002 and renumbered as set N21.
  The fleet of "N" sets underwent a programme of life-extension refurbishment from fiscal 2013.
  Withdrawals of E2 series "N" sets commenced in April 2014, with the withdrawal of sets N4 and N12. The remaining E2 series sets were removed from regularly scheduled Hokuriku Shinkansen Asama services from 25 December 2015, with the last E2 series Asama run taking place on 31 March 2017.
caption: 8-car set N11 on an Asama service in June 2002
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