E5 and H5 Series Shinkansen
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The E5 series and the H5 series are Shinkansen high-speed train types. A total of 63 ten-car trainsets are being built by Hitachi Rail and Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing between 2009 and the present.
E5 series set on a Yamabiko service, May 2022
H5 series set on a Hayabusa service, June 2022
E5 series set U6 on a Hayate service, November 2011
E5 logo, depicting a Hayabusa
E2 Series Shinkansen
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The E2 series is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen train type operated by East Japan Railway Company on the Tohoku Shinkansen high-speed lines in Japan since 1997. They are formed in 8- and 10-car sets
E5 and H5 Series Shinkansen
…series feature AC power outlets. Ordinary-class cars (cars 1 to 8) have a seat pitch of 1,040 mm (40.9 in), which is 60 mm (2.4 in) larger than on the E2 series trains. Seating is arranged in 3+2 abreast configuration. AC power outlets are provided for window seats and rows of seats at car ends for the E5 series…
E2 series train near Omiya Station
8-car set N11 on an Asama service in June 2002
8-car set J6 in original livery on an Asama service in February 1998
10-car J set in revised livery in September 2008