E5 and H5 Series Shinkansen
…Hitachi Rail and Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing between 2009 and the present. The E5 series is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on Tōhoku Shinkansen services. A total of 59 sets were ordered, first placed into service on 5 March 2011. The H5 series, a cold-weather derivative of the E5 series, is…