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52 series

Japanese electric multiple unit train type

Field	Value
name	52 series
image	File:JGR Moha52 firstmodel.jpg
caption	JGR Moha-52 electric multiple unit, first model, at Miyahara in 1936
service	1936-1983
manufacturer	Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo
yearconstruction	1936-1937
yearservice	1936
numberbuilt	20 vehicles
numberpreserved	2 vehicles
operator	JGR, JNR

| art-sections = The 52 series EMUs were manufactured in 1936-1937 in 3 batches and operated by Japanese Government Railways (JGR, later JNR) for use on the Hanwa Line, and later used on the San'yō Main Line, JR Kobe Line, JR Kyoto Line in the Kansai region and the Iida Line in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The trains were developed from the 42 series EMUs.

The 52 series EMUs were retired between 1976 and 1983.

Preserved examples

KuMoHa 52001: Suita Depot, Osaka
KuMoHa 52004: (built in 1937 by Kawasaki Sharyo), SCMaglev and Railway Park, Nagoya.

References

(April 2011). "「リニア・鉄道館」ファーストガイド". Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine.

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