165 series

History

Differences between 153 series and 165 series

• Motor output increased from 100 kW to 120 kW
• Proofing against heavy snow and cold weather

  Individual car types (original)

• KuMoHa 165: Motorized cab car. 76 seats. 145 cars were built from 1963 to 1970. Coupled to MoHa 164.
• KuHa 165: Cab car. 76 seats. 210 cars were built from 1963 to 1970.
• MoHa 164: Motorized car with pantograph, air compressor and motor-generator. 84 seats. 166 cars were built from 1963 to 1970.
• Moha 165: Motorized car. 84 seats. 21 cars were built from 1963 to 1969. Coupled to MoHa 164.
• SaHa 164: Intermediate trailer car. 56 seats. Only two cars were built in 1966. With kiosk.
• SaHa 165: Intermediate trailer car. 84 seats. 11 cars were built in 1969.
• SaRo 165: Intermediate trailer car. Green car.
• SaHaShi 165: Intermediate trailer car. Buffet and seating. 36 seats. 12 cars were built in 1963. Soba corner instead of 153 series Sushi corner.

  Joyful Train conversions

• Nanohana: First EMU-based Joyful Train, introduced in March 1986 and withdrawn August 1998.
• Panorama Express Alps: 3+3-car set converted in 1986 for use on the Chūō Main Line and the Ōito Line. This train was withdrawn in 2001, and sold to Fuji Kyuko in 2002, becoming the Fujikyu 2000 series Fujisan Express.
• Shuttle Maihama
• Yū Yū Tōkai

  Resale

Preserved examples

• KuHa 165-120, stored for a long period at Mino-Ōta Depot in Minokamo, Gifu, before being moved by road to Hamamatsu Depot in February 2013
• KuMoHa 165-108, at SCMaglev and Railway Park, Nagoya
• MoHa 164-72, stored at Mino-Ōta Depot in Minokamo, Gifu
• SaRo 165-106, at SCMaglev and Railway Park, Nagoya