The E127 series (E127系) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated on local services by East Japan Railway Company in Japan since 1995, and also by the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway since March 2015 as the ET127 series. The design is derived from the 209 series commuter EMU.
Niigata-based E127 series set V12 in October 2022
Nambu Branch Line E127-0 series set V1 in January 2024
Matsumoto-based E127-100 series set A1 on the Shinonoi Line in November 2017
Interior view of E127-100 series set showing mixed longitudinal/transverse seating and driver-only-operation ticket issuing machine
The Echigo TOKImeki Railway Company (ETR) is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 2010 to operate passenger railway services on the sections of the JR East Shinetsu Main Line and JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Niigata Prefecture when they were separated from the respective JR Group operators in March 2015, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa. The main shareholders of the company are Niigata Prefecture, the city of Joetsu, the city of Itoigawa, and the city of Myoko.
An ET127 series EMU on the Myōkō Haneuma Line in February 2022
An ET122 diesel car on the Nihonkai Hisui Line in October 2021
An ET127 series EMU, June 2021
A Shirayuki E653-1100 series EMU