300 Series Shinkansen - History

History

  • January 1988: Development project commenceed.
  • 8 March 1990: Pre-production 300-9000 series set (J0) was delivered.
  • April 1990: Test running started.
  • October 1990: Speed of 303.1 km/h was recorded during test running.
  • 1 March 1991: Speed of 325.7 km/h was recorded during test running.
  • July 1991: Endurance test running started. (Continued until March 1992.)
  • February 1992: First production set (J2) was delivered.
  • March 1992: Entry into service on Tokaido Shinkansen Nozomi services running at a maximum speed of 270 km/h.
  • June 1992: 300-9000 series set was tested on Sanyo Shinkansen.
  • December 1992: First JR West 300-3000 series (F) set was delivered.
  • March 1993: Hourly through Nozomi services were introduced between Tokyo and Hakata.
  • 10 March 1993: Pre-production set J0 was modified to full-production standard and renumbered J1.
  • May 1993: Awarded the Laurel Prize in May 1993.
  • April 1994: Sets from J16 onward delivered with regular sliding doors in place of earlier plug doors.
  • August 1995: Sets from J30 onward delivered with two pantographs in place of the earlier three. Modifications started on earlier sets to reduce number of pantographs to two.
  • March 1996: Maximum speed of Hikari services was raised to 270 km/h.
  • October 1998: 300 series production ended.
  • September 1999: Modifications started (from set J9) to convert pantographs to single-arm type with shrouds resembling 700 series design.
  • December 2001: 300 series removed from regularly scheduled Nozomi services.
  • July 2007: First 300 series set (J14) was withdrawn from service.
  • July 2011: First JR West F set (F5) was withdrawn from service.
  • 16 March 2012: The last remaining sets were withdrawn following their last runs.

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