711 series

The 711 series is a Japanese suburban electric multiple unit operated by the Japanese National Railways and its successor the Hokkaido Railway Company from August 1968 to March 2015.
==History==
The 711 series sets were constructed from 1967 to 1980 and were notable as the first trains on the Hokkaido region to have increased tolerance to cold weather due to a few additional measures. The first two sets, S901 and S902, were delivered in February 1967 for test-running ahead of the start of electric suburban services between Otaru and Takikawa, which were to commence the next year.
The sets entered service on 28 August 1968 on the Hakodate Main Line. The sets were slowly retired starting in 1999 with both prototype sets retired in October that year; twelve sets were sill in service as of 1 October 2014. All sets were retired by 13 March 2015, with a few special final runs with special headboards placed on sets S110 and S113 in Marine Liner, Kurukuru Densha, Ishikawa Liner or Rapid Airport styles.
==Design==
The 711 series' body design is very similar to trains of the era, such as the 413, 415, 417, 713 and 717 series sets.
==Specifications==
Construction is of steel. Each car is 20 meters long. The 711 series sets are the first JNR trains to use a thyristor drive system; the use of the thyristor drive systems make the 711 series sets' accelerations and decelerations much smoother than most of its contemporaries.
==Preservation==
The following 711 series cars have been preserved:
Car number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Date retired 	Previous sets	Location 	Notes
KuHa 711-103	Tokyu Car Corporation	September 1980 	March 2015 	S103 	Daichi no Terrace, Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan	Used as restaurant; preserved through crowdfunding efforts
KuHa 711-203	Tokyu Car Corporation	September 1980 	March 2015 	S103 	Daichi no Terrace, Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan	Used as restaurant; preserved through crowdfunding efforts
KuHa 711-29 	Kisha Seizō 	September 1969 	December 2000	S57 	Café Garden Station, Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan	Used as restaurant
==References==
*Wikipedia.org
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