NE Train: Difference between revisions

The "NE Train" was first delivered from [[Tokyu Car Corporation]] in April 2003, configured as the world's first hybrid diesel/battery railcar<ref name="railfan506">{{cite magazine | script-title=ja: 世界初のハイブリッド鉄道車両！ 「ＮＥトレイン」 |trans-title=World-first hybrid rail vehicle "NE Train" |magazine=[[Japan Railfan Magazine]] | volume = 43 | issue = 506 |page=86 | publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd.| location = Japan | date = June 2003 }}</ref> and classified as '''KiYa E991-1'''. The stainless steel bodyshell was derived from the [[E127 series#E127-100 series|E127-100 series]] EMU design, with cabs at either end and no gangways.<ref name="prototype2005"/> From 6 May 2003, it was tested on the [[Nikkō Line|Nikkō]] and [[Karasuyama Line]]s.<ref name="dj231">{{cite journal | script-title=ja: JR東日本　キヤE991系"NEトレイン"　日光線試運転中 |trans-title=JR East KiYa E991 "NE Train" test running on Nikkō Line | journal = Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō | volume = 32 | issue = 231 |page=72 | publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun| location = Japan | date = July 2003 }}</ref> Data obtained from these trials was used to develop the [[KiHa E200]] DMU, which entered service on the [[Koumi Line]] from July 2007.<ref name="prototype2005">{{cite book | title =プロトタイプの世界 - Prototype World | publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha | date = December 2005 | location = Japan | oclc=170056962}}</ref> The train used small [[lithium-ion batteries]] and high powered cells as would be used in a hybrid automobile. <ref name=rtri> {{cite journal |last1=Yamamoto |first1=Takamitsu |last2= |first2= |date=February 2017 |title=Trends and Recent Studies on Hybrid Railway Vehicles |url=http://doi.org/10.2219/rtriqr.58.1_1 |journal=Quarterly Report of RTRI |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=1-51–5 |doi=10.2219/rtriqr.58.1_1 |access-date= }}</ref>