E10 Series Shinkansen

Japanese high speed train type

E10 series

In service| Planned for fiscal 2030
Designer| Tangerine
Replaced|

* E2 series
* E5 series

Formation| 10 cars per trainset[1]
Operators|  JR East
NHSRCL
Lines served|  Tōhoku Shinkansen
Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed line
Specifications
Maximum speed| 320 km/h (200 mph)[1]
Traction motors| Blowerless induction motor[2]

The E10 series (Japanese: E10系) is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type on order by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) for use on Tōhoku Shinkansen services. It will also be used on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor in India.

## Overview

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Details of the new trains on order were announced by JR East on 4 March 2025. Scheduled for an introduction into service on the Tōhoku Shinkansen in fiscal 2030, the trains are planned to replace the E2 and E5 series fleets.[1]

The safety technology incorporated in the trains will be derived from the experimental ALFA-X train.[2] To protect against earthquake damage, L-shaped guides are installed on the cars to prevent derailment, dampers are installed to dampen the left-right swaying of the cars caused by earthquakes, and the stopping distance is reduced by 15% due to the improved performance of the brakes. The cars will be designed in anticipation of the introduction of automatic operation in the future and will be built to handle large amounts of digital data for efficient maintenance and inspection of the cars. To improve the efficiency of the propulsion system, silicon carbide elements will be used in the propulsion inverters, and induction motors that do not require cooling will be used for the first time on a commercial Shinkansen train.[3][4]

The "Gran Class", the highest class of passenger cabin introduced in the E5 series, will be eliminated, and the E10 series will introduce a more advanced version of the "Train Desk", convenient for business travelers to use their laptops. Wi-Fi routers will be added in the cars to improve the communication environment, and the seating arrangement in the cars will be 2+2 seats per row, making the seats wider. In addition, each seat will have a larger folding desk, power outlet and USB port, and partitions will be installed between the seats. A special luggage door will be installed on Car No. 5 to enhance the convenience of the "Hakobyun" luggage transport service.[3][4]

The 360 km/h commercial operation demonstrated by ALFA-X has been postponed since the extension of the Hokkaido Shinkansen to Sapporo was postponed to the late 2030s due to delays in tunneling work, and the commercial operation speed of the E10 series is 320 km/h, the same as the E5 series. JR East announced that it would consider building new Shinkansen trains based on the E10 series for trains to be put into service when the Hokkaido Shinkansen line is extended to Sapporo.[3][4]

## Export to India

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The Japanese and Indian governments are to adopt the train simultaneously, with the train type also seeing use on the under-construction Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor. The inter-governmental agreement initially specified India would purchase E5 series trains, however due to rising costs and postponements in their delivery, India moved to considering domestically produced trains. To break the deadlock in negotiations, the Japanese government offered to gift an E5 and E3 train set, to aid the line's commissioning in 2026 and to offer the E10 series for service entry in 2030. The inspection trains are to collect data to aid possible future production of E10 trains in India.[5][6] Modi's next trip to Japan in August 2025 would include a visit to the plant in Miyagi Prefecture where the E10 prototype is being developed.[7]

These initial trains would see parallel use with planned train sets, developed by India’s Integral Coach Factory, in collaboration with BEML, designed to operate in service at 250 km/h (160 mph), for use when the line partially opens for revenue service in 2027.[8]

## Design

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The E10 series' design was overseen by British design firm, Tangerine,[9] the first overseas designer contracted by JR East for its rolling stock.[1]

Externally, the E10 series trains will be finished in a livery of "Tsugaru" (津軽) green and "Evening elm" (イブニングエルム) green that evokes the mountains of Tōhoku region.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d JR東日本「E10系」次期東北新幹線車両を開発、2027年秋以降に落成 [JR East develops next-generation Tohoku Shinkansen "E10 series" train, to be completed after fall 2027]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). 4 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
2. ^ a b c "【E2系・E5系の後継車】JR東日本が次世代新幹線E10系開発へ！札幌開業用車両は別途検討予定" [[Successor to the E2 and E5 series] JR East to develop next-generation E10 series Shinkansen! Vehicles for the Sapporo opening will be considered separately]. Tetsudo Hobidas (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
3. ^ a b c 次期東北新幹線車両（E10 系）を開発します (PDF) (in Japanese). JR East. 4 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
4. ^ a b c 東北新幹線E10系「グランクラス廃止」の衝撃。時速360km運転も先送りへ. Tabirisu (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 4 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
5. ^ "Japan to give India E5 and E3 shinkansen for free". The Japan Times. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
6. ^ "Japan begins trial of Shinkansen trains for India's Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project – Watch". Financial Express. 30 May 2025.
7. ^ "Modi's planned visit in August to seal bullet train deal for India". The Asahi Shimbun. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
8. ^ Shukla, Prateek (21 January 2025). "E10 bullet train to debut in India and Japan simultaneously in 2030". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 27 January 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
9. ^ "British influence in JR East's next Shinkansen rolling stock design". Railway Gazette International. DVV Media International. 5 March 2025. Archived from the original on 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

* v
* t
* e

Shinkansen

Lines|

| SCMaglev lines (505 km/h)|

* Chuo (2034)

|

Main lines (300–320 km/h)|

*  Sanyō
*  Tōhoku

Main lines (260–285 km/h)|

*  Tōkaidō
*  Jōetsu
*  Hokuriku
*  Kyushu
*  Nishi Kyushu
*  Hokkaido

Mini-shinkansen (130 km/h)|

*  Yamagata
*  Akita

Conventional lines|

*  Hakataminami
*  Gala-Yuzawa

Lines under construction|

* Chūō (2034)
* Hokkaido Sapporo Extension (2031)

Planned lines|

* Chūō Osaka Extension (2037)
* Nishi Kyushu Extension (date unknown)
* Hokuriku Osaka Extension (date unknown)

Cancelled lines|

* Narita

Narrow-gauge line (200+ km/h)|

* Super Tokkyū

Service names|

| Fast|

* Nozomi
* Hayabusa
* Mizuho
* Kagayaki

|

Limited-stop|

* Hikari
* Hikari Rail Star
* Sakura
* Hakutaka
* Toki
* Yamabiko

Stopping|

* Kodama
* Hayate
* Nasuno
* Tsubame
* Tanigawa
* Asama
* Tsurugi
* Kamome

Mini-shinkansen|

* Tsubasa
* Komachi

Discontinued|

* Aoba
* Asahi
* Genbi Shinkansen
* Toreiyu

Train types|

| In service|

* 500
* 700
* N700/N700A
* N700S
* 800
* E2
* E3
* E5/H5
* E6
* E7/W7
* E8

|

On order|

* E10
* L0

Retired|

* 0
* 100
* 200
* 300
* 400
* E1
* E4

Export|

* THSR
* 700T
* N700S
* CRH
* CRH2A
* Texas Central
* N700S
* NHSRCL
* E5

Non-revenue|

* Class 1000
* Class 951
* Class 961
* Class 962
* Doctor Yellow
* Class E926 "East i"
* WIN350
* STAR21
* 300X
* Fastech 360
* Gauge Change Train
* MLX-01
* ALFA-X

Operators|

| Current|

* JR Hokkaido
* JR East
* JR Central
* JR West
* JR Kyushu

|

Former|

* Japanese National Railways (1964–87)

Builders and owners|

| Current|

* Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT)
* JR East
* JR Central
* JR West

|

Former|

* Japanese National Railways
* Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation (JRCC)

People|

* Hideo Shima
* Shinji Sogō

* Japan transit: Tokyo
* Keihanshin
* Chūkyō
* Fukuoka–Kitakyushu
* Hakone–Fuji–Izu
* Hokkaido
* Aomori
* Sendai
* Akita
* Niigata
* Toyama
* Nagano
* Okayama
* Hiroshima
* Shikoku
* Metro systems
* Shinkansen
* trams (list)
* aerial lifts (list)

* v
* t
* e

High-speed rail

Part of rail transport

Technologies|

* Conventional
* Hovertrain
* Maglev

| Proposed|

* Hyperloop/Vactrain
* Swissmetro

|

High-speed trains
by service speed
or planned service speed|

| 400 km/h
(249 mph)
or more|

* China Railway Fuxing CR450AF, CR450BF
* Transrapid
* Shinkansen Series L0
* HEMU-430X

|

350–399 km/h
(217–248 mph)|

* China Railway Fuxing CR400AF, CR400BF
* Zefiro 380; British Rail Class 895

300–349 km/h
(186–217 mph)|

* Renfe Class 100, 101, 102, 103
* Alstom AGV
* China Railway Hexie CRH2C, 3C, 380A / MTR CRH380A, 380B, 380C, 380D
* ETR 500
* ETR 400
* Eurostar e300; e320
* ICE 3
* KTX-I, Sancheon, Cheongryong
* Oaris
* PBKA
* Shinkansen Series 500, N700/N700A, N700S, E5/H5, E6, E8, E10
* AVRIL
* TGV Sud-Est (refurbished), Atlantique, Réseau (PBA), Duplex, POS, 2N2, M (Avelia Horizon)
* TCDD HT80000
* THSR 700T
* Siemens Velaro
* Zefiro 300

250–299 km/h
(155–186 mph)|

* Avelia Liberty
* China Star, DJF2, China Railway Hexie CRH1A, 1B, 1E, 2A, 2B, 2E, 2G, 3A, 5A, 5E, 5G, China Railway Fuxing CR300AF, CR300BF
* ICE 1, 2, 4 (ICx)
* KTX-Eum
* New Pendolino
* Renfe Class 120, 121, 130
* Sapsan
* SBB RABe 501, RABe 503
* Shinkansen Series 200, 300, 700, 800, E2, E3, E7/W7
* TCDD HT65000
* TGV Sud-Est (original), La Poste
* V250
* Zefiro 250

200–249 km/h
(124–155 mph)|

* Acela
* AEM-7
* ACS-64
* Adelante
* APT
* China Railway DJJ1, China Railway Hexie CRH6, China Railway Fuxing CR200J
* ER200
* EU200
* HHP-8
* IC4
* ICNG
* InterCity 125, 225
* ICE T, TD, L (ECx)
* Javelin
* NSB Class 71 (Flytoget), 73, 74, 78
* Pendolino
* Railjet
* Regina
* Shinkansen series 0, 100, 400, E1, E4
* SBB RABDe 500
* Re 460
* SC-44
* SCB-40
* X 2000, SJ X40
* Z-TER (Z 21500)
* Sokol
* British Rail Classes 800, 801, 802, 803, 805, 807, 810
* Talgo XXI
* Voyager/Meridian
* X3

Experimental and prototype high-speed trains (category)

High-speed railway line|

* List of high-speed railway lines

By countries and territories

planned networks in italics|

| Africa|

* Egypt
* Morocco

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Americas|

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Mexico
* United States

Asia|

* China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* South Korea
* Malaysia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Taiwan
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Italy
* Latvia
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Russia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United Kingdom

Oceania|

* Australia

* Proposed high-speed rail by country

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* e

Multiple-units of East Japan Railway Company

Current /
active|

| Shinkansen|

|       AC EMUs|

* E2
* E3
* E5
* E6
* E7
* E8

|

Conventional
lines
(Narrow-
gauge)|

| DC EMUs|

| Commuter|

* E127
* E129
* E131
* 205
* 209
* 211
* E231
* E233
* E235

|

Limited express|

* 253
* 255
* E257
* E259
* E261
* E353

AC/DC EMUs|

| Commuter|

* E501
* E531

|

Limited express|

* E653
* E655
* E657

AC EMUs|

| Commuter|

* 701
* 719
* E721

|

Limited express|

* E751

BEMUs|

| DC|

* EV-E301

|

AC|

* EV-E801

DMUs|

| Diesel|

* KiHa 40
* KiHa 100/110
* KiHa E120
* KiHa E130
* KiHa 141

|

Diesel-electric|

* GV-E400

Hybrid MUs|

| Commuter|

* KiHa E200
* HB-E210

|

Resort/deluxe trains|

* E001
* HB-E300

Non-revenue|

| AC EMU|

* E926 "East-i"
* E956

|

DC EMUs|

* 143
* 145

AC/DC EMU|

* E491
* E493

DMUs|

| Diesel|

* KiYa E193
* KiYa E195

|

Diesel-electric|

* GV-E197

Future|

| Shinkansen|

|       AC EMUs|

E10

|

Conventional
lines|

|         Fuel cell
EMUs|

FV-E991

|

Hybrid MUs|

HB-E220

Retired /
withdrawn|

| Shinkansen|

|       AC EMUs|

* 200
* 400
* E1
* E4

|

Conventional
lines|

| DC EMUs|

| Commuter|

* KuMoHa 12
* KuMoHa 40
* 101
* 103
* 105
* 107
* 113
* 115
* 123
* 201
* 203
* 207
* E217
* 301

|

Limited express|

* 157
* 165
* 167
* 169
* 183
* 185
* 189
* 215
* 251
* E351

AC/DC EMUs|

| Commuter|

* 403
* 415
* 417
* 453
* 455
* 457

|

Limited express|

* 483
* 485
* 489
* 583
* 651

AC EMUs|

* 715
* 717

DMUs|

* KiHa 20
* KiHa 30
* KiHa 35
* KiHa 37
* KiHa 38
* KiHa 45
* KiHa 52
* KiHa 58
* KiHa 59

Non-revenue|

| AC EMUs|

* 925
* STAR21
* KuMoYa 740
* KuMoYa 743

|

DC EMUs|

* KuMoYa 90
* 193
* 901
* E993

AC/DC EMUs|

* KuMoYa 441
* 443
* KuYa 497
* E991

DMU|

* KiYa 191

Hybrid MU|

* KiYa E991

DC BEMU|

* E995

Experimental|

* Fastech 360
* E331

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