The is an electric multiple unit

Electric multiple unit

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...

 train type introduced in 1985 by Japanese National Railways

Japanese National Railways

, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...

 (JNR), and later operated by West Japan Railway Company

West Japan Railway Company

, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...

 (JR West) on local services along the Japan Sea coast of Japan until March 2011. They were converted from former 583 series

583 series

The are limited express electric multiple unit types introduced in 1967 by Japanese National Railways and operated by East Japan Railway Company and West Japan Railway Company on through services express Kitaguni and other special trains....

 sleeping car EMUs in the 1980s.

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.

Following the introduction of new 521 series

521 series

The is a dual-voltage AC/DC outer-suburban electric multiple unit train type operated by West Japan Railway Company on local services in the Fukui and Kanazawa areas since November 2006.-Design:...

EMUs in late 2006, two sets, D10 and D13, were withdrawn in March 2007. The remaining sets were finally withdrawn on 11 March 2011.