The is an AC electric multiple unit

Electric multiple unit

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...

 type operated on limited express

Limited express

A limited express is a type of express train service. It refers to an express service that stops at a limited number of stops in comparison to other express services on the same or similar routes.- Japan :...

 services by Kyushu Railway Company

Kyushu Railway Company

The , also referred to as , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group . It operates intercity rail services in Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea.When Japan Railways was divided in...

 (JR Kyushu) in Japan since July 1992.

7-car sets (BM1–11, BM1–14)

The 7-car sets are formed as follows.

Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Designation	Msc	M'1	T1	T2	T	M	M'c
Numbering	KuMoRo 787	MoHa 786	SaHa 787-100	SaHa 787-200	SaHa 787	MoHa 787	KuMoHa 786

Cars 2 and 7 are each fitted with one PS400K scissors-type pantograph.

6-car sets (BM12, BM115)

The two 6-car sets are formed as follows.

Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6
Designation	Msc	M'1	T2	T	M	M'c
Numbering	KuMoRo 787	MoHa 786	SaHa 787-200	SaHa 787	MoHa 787	KuMoHa 786

Cars 2 and 6 are each fitted with one PS400K scissors-type pantograph.

4-car sets (BM101–BM111)

The 11 4-car sets are formed as follows.

Car No.	1	2	3	4
Designation	Thsc	M	M'	Tc
Numbering	KuRoHa 786	MoHa 787	MoHa 786	KuHa 787

Car 3 is fitted with one PS400K scissors-type pantograph.

Operations

As of March 2011, the 787 series are used on the following limited express services.

• Ariake
  Ariake (train)
  The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by JR Kyushu which runs from Hakata to Kumamoto.-External links:*...
  
  
• Kirameki
• Kaiō
• Kamome
  Kamome
  is a limited express train operated by JR Kyushu in Japan. It operates between Hakata and Nagasaki on the Kagoshima Main Line and the Nagasaki Main Line. Kamome means seagull in Japanese.-History:...
  
  
• Midori
  Midori (train)
  The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by JR Kyushu which runs between Hakata and Sasebo.-Rolling stock:Services currently use 783 series EMUs. From 1976 to 2000, all trains were formed of 485 series EMUs.-History:...
  
  
• Nichirin
  Nichirin
  The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by JR Kyushu which runs to Kokura and Beppu from Miyazaki and Miyazaki Airport.The Dream Nichirin overnight train service from Hakata and Miyazaki Airport was discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on March 12, 2011....
  
  
• Hyuga
  Hyuga
  Hyūga can refer to:* Hyūga, Miyazaki, a city in Japan* Hyūga Province, an old province of Japan* Japanese battleship Hyūga, a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy...
  
  
• Kirishima
  Kirishima (train)
  The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by JR Kyushu which runs between Kagoshima-Chūō and Miyazaki....
  
  
• Sendai Express

From the start of the revised timetable on 12 March 2011, with the completion of the Kyushu Shinkansen

Kyushu Shinkansen

The ' is a Japanese high-speed railway line between the Japanese cities of Fukuoka and Kagoshima in Kyushu, running parallel to the existing Kagoshima Main Line and operated by the Kyushu Railway Company . The southern 127 km opened on 13 March 2004...

, 787 series sets will no longer be used on Relay Tsubame services. The T1 (SaHa 787) cars will be removed from the 7-car sets to form a fleet of 15 6-car sets. These will be used on Kamome

Kamome

is a limited express train operated by JR Kyushu in Japan. It operates between Hakata and Nagasaki on the Kagoshima Main Line and the Nagasaki Main Line. Kamome means seagull in Japanese.-History:...

services, displacing the earlier 783 series

783 series

The is an AC electric multiple unit train type operated on limited express services by Kyushu Railway Company in Japan since March 1988.-5-car Kamome sets :The 5-car sets used on Kamome services are formed as follows....

EMUs.