E6 Series Shinkansen

The E6 Series Shinkansen is a Japanese high-speed electric multiple unit operated by the East Japan Railway Company since March 2013.
==Design==
The E6 was designed to replace the E3 Series trainsets that currently work the Akita line, which is a recently upgraded line from narrow to standard-gauge. This means that the trains have to be narrower to run on this line. The pre-production set, S12, was modified to full-production standard and renumbered Z1 in February 2014.
==Specifications==
Constructed of an aluminum alloy, a single set can cater for 338 (315 standard + 23 green class) passengers. The end cars are 75 foot 8½ inches (23 meters) long, and the intermediate cars are shorter at 67 foot 3 inches (20.5 meters) long. Top speed is 200 mph (320 km/h) on the Tohoku line, but less on the Akita line at 81 mph (130 km/h). The sets are dual current and can run on either the 20 or the 25 kV AC, 50 Hz lines.
==Incidents==
Set Z9, along with H5 Series set H2, sustained damage from the 2022 Fukushima earthquake and was subsequently scrapped. There are no plans to replace the scrapped set.
==References==
*Wikipedia.org
==Gallery==
File:E6 Z1 Ōmiya Tōhoku 2014.jpg|Set Z1 (ex-S12) in December 2014
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