The was an

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 o ...

(EMU) train type operated by

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR) from 1950 until 1983. A total of 652 vehicles were built.

Variants

* 80-0 series * 80-100/200 series: Trains introduced from 1956 with increased seat pitch and improvements for use in cold regions * 80-300 series: Trains with all-steel bodies File:kuha86329.jpg, An all-steel-bodied 80-300 series unit in 1983 File:80series85309.JPG, An all-steel-bodied 80-300 series unit in 1979

Interior

File:Jnr-Moha80001-3 inside.jpg, The Interior of preserved car MoHa 80001

Preserved examples

Two first-batch 80 series cars, driving car KuHa 86001 and intermediate car MoHa 80001, are preserved on display at the

Kyoto Railway Museum The (formerly the until 2016) is a railway museum in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The original Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum opened in 1972, but was expanded and modernized in 2016, becoming the Kyoto Railway Museum. The museum is owned by We ...

in Kyoto. File:Kyoto railway museum Kuha86001 20160508.jpg, KuHa 86001 on display at the Kyoto Railway Museum in May 2016

References

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