Kiha150-100
-0 subclass
-100 subclass

Type index



Background and overview
JR Hokkaido delivered class kiha150-0 vehicles to Asahikawa depot subsequently delivered 10 class kiha150-100 single-car diesel multiple unit (DMU) vehicles to Tomakomai depot in 1993.

Car body
Class kiha150-100 vehicles differ from former class kiha150-0 vehicles. They adopt hopper windows since they are not air conditioned. Six electric cross flow fans supply fresh air into the passenger room, instead of ventilators on the roof. Their livery is light gray with light green and sky-blue narrow bands below the windows and with a sky-blue narrow band above the windows. Doors are also painted in light green.

Accommodation
Their riding capacity decreased two people by the thicker wall than former class kiha150-0 in having the difference of the window construction. Their curtains were changed into roll-down curtain.

Operations
Class kiha150-100 vehicle entered rural services on the Muroran line between Oshamambe and Tomakomai in 1993. Subsequently they also entered the rural services on the Hakodate line between Oshamambe and Sapporo. However, they were displaced with class H100 DMU trains and now they were used on the rural services of the Muroran line between Tomakomai and Iwamizawa, and the Sekisho line between Chitose and Shin-Yubari.
Technical Data
Items Data
Service speed, etc. Service speed: 110km/h
Length 19,500mm
Width 2925.4mm
Height 3940mm
Bogie N-DT150 (motored) N-TR150 (trailer)
Prime mover N-KDMF15HZ (450PS~1)
Transmission DW14C
Air conditioner N/A
Designed by JR Hokkaido