419 series
419 series trains at Fukui station, showing the differing cab end designs, April 2008
In service	1985–2011
Manufacturer	JNR
Constructed	1967-1972 (as 583 series)
Refurbished	1985 (converted from 583 series)
Scrapped	2006–2012
Number built	45 vehicles (15 sets)
Number in service	None
Number preserved	None
Formation	3 cars per trainset
Fleet numbers	D01-D15
Operators	JNR (1985–1987) JR-West (1987–2011)
Depots	Fukui
Specifications
Car body construction	Steel
Car length	20,500 mm (67 ft 3 in)[1]
Width	2,950 mm (9 ft 8 in)
Doors	2 per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (60 mph)[1]
Traction system	Resistor control
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC / 20 kV AC (50/60 Hz)
Current collector(s)	overhead catenary
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The 419 series (419系, 419-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type introduced in 1985 by Japanese National Railways (JNR), and later operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) on local services along the Japan Sea coast of Japan until March 2011. They were converted from former 583 series sleeping car EMUs in the 1980s.^[1]

Formations

Sets D01-D09

KuMoHa 419 + MoHa 418 + KuHa 418

(MoHa 418 cars each had one PS16 pantograph.)^[2]

Sets D10-D15

KuMoHa 419 + MoHa 418 + KuHa 419

(MoHa 418 cars each had one PS16 pantograph.)^[2]

• 
  KuHa419
• 
  MoHa418
• 
  KuMoHa419

Interior

History

The 419 series sets were converted from surplus former 583 series sleeping car EMUs and entered service from the start of the revised timetable in March 1985.^[1]

Following the introduction of new 521 series EMUs in late 2006, two sets, D10 and D13, were withdrawn in March 2007.^[3] The remaining sets were finally withdrawn on 11 March 2011.^[4]

KuHa 418-1 from set D01 was preserved at a locomotive scrapping facility in Takaoka starting in 2012; it was removed from display around November 2021 and subsequently scrapped.^{[citation needed]}