735 series

The 735 series is a Japanese suburban electric multiple unit operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company since May 2012.
==History==
The 735 series sets were designed in 2010 as a train that could evaluate the performance of an aluminum-bodied train in colder regions such as Hokkaido. 
Two sets were delivered in March 2010 to JR Hokkaido from Hitachi's Kudamatsu Works and tested in Hokkaido's wintry conditions starting in December 2010; testing continued until 2010. Despite having no "-900" suffix in its designation, the 735 series sets are considered an experimental type mainly due to its aluminum body and that the sets were never produced in volume.
Both sets only entered revenue service on 1 May 2012; they are based at Sapporo Depot and are operated in a similar pool to the 721, 731 and 733 series sets. The sets can operate in multiple with the 721, 731 and 733 series sets, but cannot operate in multiple with the KiHa 201 series sets. 
==Design==
The 735 series sets adopted a new body style started by the 731 series sets that forms the basic design language for later suburban-style trains that were to be built for JR Hokkaido. The sets have two pairs of headlights; a pair of top-mounted headlights and a pair of body-mounted headlights. The sets' body-mounted headlights use a combination of high-intensity discharge and shield-beam headlights, while the top-mounted headlights are simply shield-beam headlights.
Due to their color scheme, the 735 series sets appear extremely similar to the 733 series sets; however, there are ways to tell them apart. Other than the fleet numbers of the sets being entirely different (i.e. B1001 for the 733 series and A101 for the 735 series), the most telltale difference between both sets is that the 735 series sport completely unpainted aluminum bodies with no green stripe down the side, as opposed to the 733 series sets which sport a green stripe down the side.
==Specifications==
Construction is of an aluminum alloy. End cars are 21.67 meters long and 2.8 meters wide. The 735 series sets use insulated gate bipolar transistor variable frequency drives produced by Hitachi which produce a low hissing sound.
==References==
*Wikipedia.org
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