E5 Series Shinkansen

The E5 Series Shinkansen is a Japanese high-speed electric multiple unit operated by the East Japan Railway Company since March 2011.
==Design==
The major innovations in the E5, were first used in the experimental Shinkansen trainset "Fastech 360S". The E5 operates at a maximum service speed of 200 mph (320 km/h). The E5 trainsets are designed to work coupled with the E3 series (running Tsubasa services to Shinjō) and E6 series (running Komachi services to Akita) sets, which run together with E5 series sets until Fukushima and Morioka, respectively. When coupled with an E3 series set, they are limited to 170 mph (275 km/h).
The production sets have a new seating class in the last car (10). Called Gran Class it is designed to be more luxurious than the Green Class (first class) carriages, hence why it was called "Super Green Car" originally. The Gran Class features 2+1 row seating arrangement, a seat pitch of 51.2 in (1,300 mm), seat width of 20.5 in (520 mm) and a maximum reclining angle of 45 degrees. As opposed to the Green Class with a 2+2 row seating arrangement, a seat pitch of 45.7 in (1,160 mm), seat width of 18.7 in (475 mm) and a maximum reclining angle of 31 degrees.
The pre-production set, U1 (formerly S11), has plug doors immediately behind the driver's door as opposed to recessed sliding doors as seen on the full-production sets; the set still retains its plug doors even after its modification to full-production standard.
==History==
The first set (S11), a pre-production set, was delivered in May 2009 for testing. S11's first service run was on the 9th of December 2009. U2, the first production set, was delivered in December 2010. U6, the latest E5, was delivered on the 27th of September 2011. Set S11 was modified to full-production standard in February 2013 and renumbered U1. A mockup of a E5 Series cab car was built in 2018 and numbered U0; it is displayed in the Railway Museum in Saitama, Japan, with 400 Series Shinkansen car 411-3.
==Specifications==
*Built: 2009–present
*Builder: Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries
*Number built: 9 sets
*Number in service: 37 sets (Dec 2017)
*Number under construction: 55 sets
*Formation: 10 cars per trainset
*Capacity (people): 731 (658 standard + 55 Green + 18 Gran Class)
*Car body construction: Aluminium alloy
*Car length: 82 ft (25,000 mm) (middle cars), 86 ft 11 ft (26,500 mm) (head/tail cars)
*Width: 11 ft (3,350 mm)
*Height: 12 ft (3,650 mm)
*Maximum speed: 200 mph (320 km/h)
*Power: 13,360 hp (9,960 kW)
*Electrical system: 25 kV AC, 50 Hz overhead wires
*Collection method: Pantograph
*Gauge: 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
==References==
*Wikipedia.org
==Gallery==
E5 U1 2024.jpg|U1 in January 2024; note the plug doors
E5 U0 2024.jpg|Mockup U0 in January 2024
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