205 series

JR East (in alphabetical order)

• Musashino Line: 8-car 205-0 series sets (some sets are powered by 205-5000 intermediate motor car units modified from 205-0 with AC motors)
• Nambu Branch Line: 2-car 205-1000 series sets (x3) (from 2002) (rebuilt by JR East from former 205-0 series sets)
• Nikkō Line: Refurbished 4-car 205-600 series sets with toilets (x4) (from March 2013)[1][2]
• Sagami Line: 4-car 205-500 series sets (x13) (from 1991)
• Senseki Line: 4-car 205-3100 series sets (from 2004) (rebuilt by JR East from former 205-0 series sets with passenger-operated door controls, toilets, and passenger seating which can be arranged in either transverse or longitudinal)
• Tsurumi Line: 3-car 205-1100 series sets (x9) (from 25 August 2004) (rebuilt from former 205-0 sets)[3]
• Utsunomiya Line: Refurbished 4-car sets with toilets (x8) (from March 2013)[1]

JR West (in alphabetical order)

• Nara Line: 4-car JR West 205-0 and 205-1000 series sets (transferred from Hanwa line services)

Kereta Commuter Indonesia (in alphabetical order)

• Duri-Tangerang Line:12-car 205 series sets since 2018.
• Jakarta Kota-Bogor Line: 8-car, 10-car (since 2014) and 12-car (since 2015) 205 series sets.
• Jakarta Kota-Cikarang Line: 8-car (since 2014), 10-car (since 2015), and 12-car (since 2015) 205 series sets.
• Jatinegara-Bogor Line: 8-car (since 2014), 10-car (since 2016) 205 series sets.
• Rangkasbitung Line: 10-car 205 series sets since 2016.

Interior of a former Yamanote Line 205 series 6-door car in April 2002

Interior of a Keiyo Line 205-0 series 4-door car in June 2008

• Chuo-Sobu Line: 10-car 205-0 series sets (from 1989 until 2001)
• Hachikō Line: 4-car 205-3000 series sets (x5) (from 2003 until 15 July 2018) (former 205-0 sets modified by JR-East to form shorter trainsets for use in outer suburban services) (have passenger-operated door controls)
• Hanwa Line: 4-car 205-1000 (built by JR-West) series sets (from 1988), 6- and 8-car 205-0 series sets (from 2006 until 2010; March 2013 until 16 March 2018) (formerly operated on JR-West Tokaido-Sanyo Local services as 7-car sets)
• Kawagoe Line: 4-car 205-3000 series sets (x5) (from 2003 until 15 July 2018) (rebuilt by JR East from former 205-0 series sets, with passenger-operated door controls) / 10-car 205-0 series sets (from July 1989 until October 2016)
• Keihin-Tohoku Line: 10-car 205-0 series sets (from 1989 until 1996)
• Keiyō Line: 10-car 205-0 series sets (from 1990 until 2011)
• Nambu Line: 6-car 205-0 (x31) (including 4 sets with 205-1200 driving trailers which were converted from 205-0 series intermediate trailers) (from 1989 until 9 January 2016)
• Saikyo Line: 10-car 205-0 series set (from July 1989 until October 2016) (through service to Rinkai Line)
• Tokaido-Sanyō Local service (Biwako, Kyoto, Kobe, Fukuchiyama lines): 7-car 205-0 series sets (from 1986 until 2006)
• Tokaido Local Service (Kyoto, Kobe lines): 7-car 205-0 series sets (from 2011 until March 2013) (formerly operated on JR-West Hanwa Line as 6- and 8-car sets)
• Yamanote Line: 11-car 205-0 series sets (from 1985 until 2005) (initially 10-car sets)
• Yokohama Line: 8-car 205-0 series sets (x28) (from 1988 until 23 August 2014, initially 7-car sets)[4]

There have been many variations of the design of the 205 series trains.

• 205-0 series: 6, 7, and 8-car sets used on the JR West Tokaido Line, and Hanwa Line. 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11-car sets used on the JR East Chuo-Sobu Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Keiyo Line, Nambu Line, Musashino Line, Saikyo Line, Yamanote Line, and Yokohama Line.
• 205-500 series: 4-car sets used on the Sagami Line
• 205-600 series: 4-car sets for use on the Nikko Line and Utsunomiya Line from 16 March 2013
• 205-1000 series: 4-car JR-West sets that formerly ran on Hanwa Line. Currently runs on Nara Line.
• 205-1000 series: 2-car JR East sets rebuilt from former 205-0 series cars, used on the Nambu Branch Line
• 205-1100 series: 3-car sets rebuilt from former 205-0 series cars, introduced on the Tsurumi Line from 25 August 2004[3]
• 205-1200 series: 6-car sets rebuilt from former 205-0 series cars, used on the Nambu Line
• 205-3000 series: 4-car sets rebuilt from former 205-0 series cars, used on the Kawagoe Line and Hachiko Line
• 205-3100 series: 4-car sets rebuilt from former 205-0 series cars, used on the Senseki Line
• 205-5000 series: Former Yamanote Line 205-0 series cars modified with new VVVF-controlled AC motors between 2002 and 2008, used on the Musashino Line

Below is a list of photos for various 205 series designs as indicated by the liveries of the lines they serve.

205-0 series
JR East 205 series EMU set 30 at Tabata Station on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo, Japan
In service	1985–present
Replaced	103 series
Constructed	1985–1991
Entered service	March 1985
Scrapped	2002–
Number built	1,389 vehicles
Number in service	24 vehicles (Japan) 492 vehicles (as of February 2020 in Indonesia)
Number preserved	1 vehicle
Number scrapped	350 vehicles (Japan)
Formation	4/6/7/8/10/11 cars per set
Fleet numbers	Various
Capacity	48 seats (bench seats) & 88 standing seats (leading car) 54 seats, 90 standing seats (intermediate car)
Operator(s)	JNR (1985–1987) JR East (1987–2020) JR West (1987–present) Kereta Commuter Indonesia (2013–present)
Depot(s)	Nakahara, Kōzu, Kamakura Bukit Duri, Bogor (KCI)
Line(s) served	Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Chuo-Sobu Line, Saikyo Line, Yokohama Line, Musashino Line, Keiyo Line, Nambu Line, Tokaido Line, Sanyo Main Line, Hanwa Line, Nara Line, Duri-Tangerang Line, Jakarta Kota-Bogor Line, Jatinegara-Bogor Line, Rangkasbitung Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	20,000 mm (65 ft 7 in)
Width	2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Doors	4 pairs per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (Hanwa Line 205-1000 series & Keiyo Line 110 km/h)
Weight	34.4 t (MoHa 204) 23.6 t (SaHa 204)
Acceleration	1.7 km/h/s
Deceleration	3.6 km/h/s
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead lines
Current collection method	Pantograph
Bogies	DT50 (motored), TR235D (trailer)
Safety system(s)	ATS-P, ATS-SN
Coupling system	Shibata-Type
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The 205 series was designed in 1982 as a cheap-to-produce train that could complement the 201 series sets which were considered to be expensive to produce due to the latter's thyristor chopper-controlled traction systems. The first set entered service on the Yamanote Line on 1985, and has remained a staple of the JR fleet network ever since. It was originally built with resistor-controlled traction systems, as they were cheaper to produce than thyristor chopper-controlled motors or something similar to that, but this was somewhat dated technology due to the advent of the variable frequency drive. It uses a traditional design with an unpainted stainless steel body very much like most trains of the period. Each set has a different color scheme to indicate which area the sets serve.

The 205 series is currently used on both JR East and JR West lines, and the 205-0 series will be finally ended operation in JR East on 2020 since 524 of 205-0 series vehicles had been shipped to Jakarta, Indonesia from 2013 to 2020 to continue their operation overseas replacing aging commuter trains and mass improvement of public transportation in Greater Jakarta by train, and there are still 205-0 series operational in JR West lines.

It was manufactured from 1984 to 1991 and initially built 10-car trainsets for test-run conducted in 1984 for JNR Yamanote Line. It was manufactured by Tokyu Car Corporation, Hitachi for technical components, Nippon Sharyo, Kinki Sharyo, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The basic structure is similar to that of the subsequently manufactured vehicles like the 201 series & the 203 series, but the difference is that the window shape is a two-pane window panels with the upper stage descending and the lower stage rising. All four manufacturers were introduced to the Yamanote line in March 1985, and in 1991, like the other trains, the Saha 204-0 was introduced as a 6-door intermediate carriage for Yamanote Line to be assigned as new Car No. 10 to be coupled and form 11-car Yamanote Line trainsets from December 1991.

In 2005, the Saha 204 intermediate carriages, were also transferred to the Saikyo line upon retirement from Yamanote Line, and also some of the existing Yamanote Line 205 series were transferred to the Keiyo line to continue their train operation until they ended on 2011. The trip number indicator of each leading car was initially introduced as a traditional roller-binding display as commonly used by other JNR rolling stocks, but in 1985, it was newly-installed for the first time with the LCD type trip number indicator display and also later replaced along with the 0-subseries mass-produced vehicles.

• JR East 205-0 series gallery

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  Yamanote Line 205-0 series set 30 in February 2003
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  A Keihin-Tohoku Line 205-0 series in February 1992
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  A Saikyo Line 205-0 series in November 2007
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  A Yokohama Line 205-0 series in April 2008
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  Musashino Line (left) and Keiyo Line (right) 205-0 series trains in May 2006
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  A Nambu Line 205-0 series in April 2011
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  A Keiyo Line 205-0 series (later design) in May 2008

• JR West 205-0 series gallery

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  A JR-West 205-0 series in original livery in February 2006. Used on the Tokaido Main Line from 1986-2006 as 7-car sets and on the Hanwa Line as 6- and 8-car sets from 2006 to 2010
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  A JR-West 205-0 series in Tokaido Main Line livery in March 2011
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  A JR-West 205-0 series in new Hanwa Line livery in January 2014

205-500 series
A Sagami Line 205-500 series Trainset R11 in January 2020
In service	1991–present
Replaced	KiHa 35
Constructed	1991
Entered service	March 1991
Number built	52 vehicles (13 sets)
Number in service	52 vehicles (13 sets)
Formation	4 cars per set
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s) served	Sagami Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	20,000 mm (65 ft 7 in)
Width	2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Doors	4 pairs per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (60 mph)
Acceleration	1.7 km/h/s
Deceleration	3.6 km/h/s
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead lines
Current collection method	Pantograph
Bogies	DT50 (motored), TR235D (trailer)
Safety system(s)	ATS-P, ATS-SN
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The 205-500 series of JR East operates 4-car sets used on the Sagami Line services since 1991, replacing the all Diesel railcars like the KiHa 30, KiHa 35 & KiHa 36 since it was newly-introduced after electrification on the same year. Also have the newest look and among the last batch of 205 series made.

205-600 series
205-600 sets Y8 (left) and Y3 (right) in March 2013
Replaced	107 series
Entered service	16 March 2013
Refurbished	2012–2013
Number in service	48 vehicles (12 sets)
Formation	4 cars per set
Fleet numbers	Y1–Y12
Operator(s)	JR East
Depot(s)	Oyama
Line(s) served	Utsunomiya Line, Nikko Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	20,000 mm (65 ft 7 in)
Width	2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Doors	4 pairs per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (60 mph)
Acceleration	1.7 km/h/s
Deceleration	3.6 km/h/s
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead lines
Current collection method	Pantograph
Bogies	DT50 (motored), TR235D (trailer)
Safety system(s)	ATS-P, ATS-SN
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The 205-600 subseries was created in 2013, when cars from former Keiyo Line and Saikyo Line ten-car sets were reformed between 2012 and 2013 to create twelve four-car sets for use on Nikko Line and Utsunomiya Line services, entering service from 16 March 2013, replacing ageing 107 series and 211 series sets.[5] The four Nikko Line sets are finished in a livery with "classic ruby brown", "gold", and "cream" bodyside stripes.[5] The Utsunomiya Line sets are finished in a livery with Shonan green and orange bodyside stripes.[5]

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  Set Y1 (former Keiyo Line set) on the Utsunomiya Line in August 2017
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  Set Y12 (former Saikyo Line set) on the Utsunomiya Line in August 2017

205-1000 series (JR East)
A Nambu Branch Line 205-1000 series in August 2009
In service	2002–present
Replaced	101 series
Constructed	1985–1986
Entered service	August 2002
Refurbished	2002–2003
Number built	6 vehicles (3 sets)
Number in service	6 vehicles (3 sets)
Formation	2 cars per set
Operator(s)	JR East
Depot(s)	Nakahara
Line(s) served	Nambu Branch Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	20,000 mm (65 ft 7 in)
Width	2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Doors	4 pairs per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (60 mph)
Acceleration	1.7 km/h/s
Deceleration	3.6 km/h/s
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead lines
Current collection method	Pantograph
Bogies	DT50 (motored), TR235D (trailer)
Safety system(s)	ATS-P, ATS-SN
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The 205-1000 series of JR East operates 2-car trainsets rebuilt from former 205-0 series cars, used on the Nambu Branch Line services since 2002, replacing the last standing 101 series until 2003.

205-1000 series (JR West)
A 205-1000 series traversing Hanwa Line on 5 June 2016
In service	1988–present
Replaced	KiHa 57
Constructed	1988
Entered service	March 1988
Number built	20 vehicles (5 sets)
Number in service	20 vehicles (5 sets)
Formation	4 cars per set
Operator(s)	JR West
Depot(s)	Hineno, Suita
Line(s) served	Hanwa Line(1988–2018) Nara Line(2018–present)
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	20,000 mm (65 ft 7 in)
Width	2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Doors	4 pairs per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (60 mph)
Acceleration	1.7 km/h/s
Deceleration	3.6 km/h/s
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead lines
Current collection method	Pantograph
Bogies	DT50 (motored), TR235D (trailer)
Safety system(s)	ATS-P, ATS-SN
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The 205-1000 series of JR West was built into 4-car trainsets in 1988, they formerly operated in Hanwa Line services from March 1988 until they ended their operation on March 2018, and they transferred ahead to the Nara Line for local train services since 18 March 2018. Features have different windshield panel design which is likely inverted their directions to avoid confusion of existing 205-0 series which were formerly Tokaido Line Local Services in same blue stripe during that time.

205-1100 series
A JR East 205-1100 series EMU approaching Kokudo Station on the Tsurumi Line
In service	2004–present
Replaced	103 series
Constructed	1985–1986
Entered service	August 2004
Refurbished	2003–2004
Number built	27 vehicles (9 sets)
Number in service	27 vehicles (9 sets)
Formation	3 cars per set
Operator(s)	JR East
Depot(s)	Nakahara
Line(s) served	Tsurumi Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	20,000 mm (65 ft 7 in)
Width	2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Doors	4 pairs per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (60 mph)
Acceleration	1.7 km/h/s
Deceleration	3.6 km/h/s
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead lines
Current collection method	Pantograph
Bogies	DT50 (motored), TR235D (trailer)
Safety system(s)	ATS-P, ATS-SN
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The 205-1100 series of JR East operates 3-car trainsets rebuilt from former 205-0 series cars, which were introduced in Tsurumi Line since August 2004, replacing the aging 103 series until 2006.[3]

205-1200 series
JR East 205-1200 series EMU set 46 approaching Musashi-Nakahara Station on a Nambu Line service to Kawasaki
In service	2004–January 2016
Replaced	103 series
Constructed	1985–1986
Entered service	2004
Refurbished	2004–2005
Number built	36 vehicles (6 sets)
Number in service	None
Number scrapped	36 vehicles (6 sets)
Formation	6 cars per set
Fleet numbers	46–51
Operator(s)	JR East
Depot(s)	Nakahara
Line(s) served	Nambu Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	20,000 mm (65 ft 7 in)
Width	2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Doors	4 pairs per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (60 mph)
Acceleration	1.7 km/h/s
Deceleration	3.6 km/h/s
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead lines
Current collection method	Pantograph
Bogies	DT50 (motored), TR235D (trailer)
Safety system(s)	ATS-P, ATS-SN
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The 205-1200 series of JR East operates 6-car trainsets rebuilt from former 205-0 series cars, used on the Nambu Line services from 2004 until they were replaced by the new E233-8000 series trainsets until January 2016.

205-3000 series
JR East 205-3000 series EMU set 82 between Komiya and Kita-Hachioji stations on the Hachiko Line
In service	2003–July 2018
Replaced	103-3000 series
Constructed	1985–1986
Entered service	2003
Refurbished	2003–2005
Scrapped	2018–2019
Number built	20 vehicles (5 sets)
Number in service	0　vehicles
Number scrapped	20 vehicles (5 sets)
Formation	4 cars per set
Operator(s)	JR East
Depot(s)	Kawagoe
Line(s) served	Hachiko Line Kawagoe Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	20,000 mm (65 ft 7 in)
Width	2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Doors	4 pairs per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (60 mph)
Acceleration	1.7 km/h/s
Deceleration	3.6 km/h/s
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead lines
Current collection method	Pantograph
Bogies	DT50 (motored), TR235D (trailer)
Safety system(s)	ATS-P, ATS-SN
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The 205-3000 series are the 4-car trainsets rebuilt from former 205-0 series cars, used on the Kawagoe Line and Hachiko Line from 2003 to 2018.[8]

205-3100 series
"Mangattan Liner II" (set M2) in January 2009
In service	2002–present
Replaced	103 series
Constructed	1985–1986
Entered service	2002
Refurbished	2002–2004
Scrapped	2011–
Number built	76 vehicles (19 sets)
Number in service	68 vehicles (17 sets)
Number scrapped	8 vehicles (2 sets), due to damage from Great Eastern Japan Earthquake
Formation	4 cars per set
Fleet numbers	M1-M19
Operator(s)	JR East
Depot(s)	Miyagino
Line(s) served	Senseki Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	20,000 mm (65 ft 7 in)
Width	2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Doors	4 pairs per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (60 mph)
Acceleration	1.7 km/h/s
Deceleration	3.6 km/h/s
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead lines
Current collection method	Pantograph
Bogies	DT50 (motored), TR235D (trailer)
Safety system(s)	ATS-P, ATS-SN
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

A Senseki Line 205-3100 series "Mangattan Liner" trainset (named after the Ishinomori Manga Museum, colloquially known as the Ishinomori Mangattan Museum) is decorated with images of the character Robocon from the 1970s tokusatsu series Ganbare!! Robocon, while another ("Mangattan Liner II") has Kamen Rider livery. Both were created by Shotaro Ishinomori, a native of Ishinomaki, Miyagi; Ishinomaki Station is the terminus of the Senseki Line.

205-5000 series
JR East 205 series EMU set M7 approaching Koshigaya Laketown Station on a Musashino Line service to Tokyo
In service	2002–present
Replaced	103 series
Constructed	1985–1988
Entered service	2002
Refurbished	2002–2005; 2008
Number built	288 vehicles (36 sets)
Number in service	40 vehicles (5 sets) (as of April 2020, Japan) 200 vehicles (25 sets) (as of February 2020, Indonesia)
Formation	8 cars per set
Operator(s)	JR East (2002–present) Kereta Commuter Indonesia (2018–present)
Depot(s)	Keiyo, Bukit Duri, Bogor
Line(s) served	Musashino Line, Keiyo Line, Duri-Tangerang Line, Jakarta Kota-Bogor Line, Jatinegara-Bogor Line, Rangkasbitung Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	20,000 mm (65 ft 7 in)
Width	2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Doors	4 pairs per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (60 mph)
Weight	33.3 t (MoHa 204) 31.1 t (MoHa 205)
Traction system	IGBT-VVVF MT74 traction motors
Power output	120 kW × 4 three-phase induction motor
Acceleration	3.2 km/h/s
Deceleration	3.6 km/h/s
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead lines
Current collection method	Pantograph
Bogies	DT70 (motored), TR235D (trailer)
Safety system(s)	ATS-P, ATS-SN
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The 205-5000 series are fitted with two-level insulated gate bipolar transistor variable frequency drives as a traction system which produce a distinctive, high-pitched whine and it is one of the latest refurbished trains among 205-series which is specifically unique compared to the other refurbished 205 series classification which their former Yamanote Line 205-0 series cars were modified with new VVVF-controlled AC motors between 2002 and 2008, used on the Musashino Line & some parts of Keiyo Line to be scheduled for ending operations on the late 2020 prior to the acquisition all of these trainsets for overseas use to be shipped to Jakarta, Indonesia to be operated by Kereta Commuter Indonesia from 2018 to 2020.

Upon resale & overseas use, there are 288 vehicles (28 trainsets) for 205-5000 series withdrawn from the Musashino Line are scheduled to be shipped to Jakarta between March 2018 and 2020.[10]

• Ikeguchi, Eiji (18 September 2015). 205系物語 [The 205 Series Story] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: JTB Publishing. ISBN 978-4533106743.

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