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...

 tilting train type operated on Sonic

Sonic (train)

is the name used by Kyushu Railway Company for the limited express train service operating between Hakata and Ōita via Kokura and Beppu along the Kagoshima Main Line and Nippō Main Line in Kyūshū, Japan...

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 April 1995.

Formations

The fleet was initially formed as five 7-car sets (AO1–5) and three 5-car sets (AO6–8), with the three 5-car sets having different coloured front ends: silver for AO6, yellow for A07, and dark blue for AO8. The 5-car sets were lengthened to 7 cars from July 2008 with the insertion of two 1000 subseries cars with aluminium built to 885 series

885 series

The is an AC electric multiple unit type operated on limited express services by Kyushu Railway Company in Japan. The type is part of Hitachi's A-train family of multiple units.-Operations:...

specifications.

Sets AO1–5

These sets are formed as follows.

Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Designation	Thsc	TA2	M2	TA1	M1	TA	Mc
Numbering	KuRoHa 882	SaHa 883-200	MoHa 883-200	SaHa 883-100	MoHa 883-100	SaHa 883	KuMoHa 883

Cars 2, 4, and 6 are each fitted with one PS401KA single-arm pantograph.

Sets AO1–5

These sets are formed as follows.

Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Designation	Thsc	TA2	M2	M3	T3	TA	Mc
Numbering	KuRoHa 882	SaHa 883-200	MoHa 883-200	MoHa 883-1000	SaHa 883-1000	SaHa 883	KuMoHa 883

Cars 2, 4, and 6 are each fitted with one PS401KA single-arm pantograph.

History

The first trains entered service from 20 April 1995.

All cars were made no-smoking from the start of the revised timetable on 18 March 2007.