105 series
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The 105 series is a DC electric multiple unit train type formerly operated by Japanese National Railways, and currently operated on local services by West Japan Railway Company in Japan since 1981. Th
Set K09 on a Kabe Line service in May 2012
A non-air-conditioned 105-0 series set in Fukuen Line livery in 1987
103-1000 series(for comparison)
Senseki Line 2-car set, 1992
103 series
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The 103 series is a DC electric multiple unit commuter train type introduced in 1963 by Japanese National Railways, and currently operated by West Japan Railway Company and Kyushu Railway Company. The
105 series
…operating on the Fukuen Line, Ube Line, and Onoda Line in western Japan. The rural nature and low line speed of these lines meant that 101 series or 103 series commuter EMUs would have been unnecessarily over-powered with their high proportion of motored cars, and so the 105 series was designed with one motored…
JR West 103 series trains in various liveries at Suita Depot in October 2017
JR West 103 series Osaka Loop Line, KuHa 103-1, January 2007
Revised livery with light blue stripe, May 2003