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In service
  
1999–Present

Constructed
  
1999–Present

313 series

Manufacturer
  
Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, Tokyu Car Corporation

Replaced
  
103 series, 113 series, 115 series, 117 series, 165 series

Number in service
  
435 vehicles (as of 1 April 2011)

Formation
  
2/3/4/6 cars per trainset

The 313 series (313系, 313-kei) is a DC suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Japan since 1999.

Contents

The design was introduced from spring 1999 to replace older 113 and 115 series EMUs.

313-0 series

15 x 4-car sets (60 vehicles) built by Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, and Tokyu Car Corporation between July and September 1999 with flip-over transverse seating.

313-300 series

16 x 2-car sets (32 vehicles) built by Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, and Tokyu Car Corporation in September 1999 with flip-over transverse seating.

313-1000 series

3 x 4-car and 3 x 2-car sets (21 vehicles) built by Nippon Sharyo and Tokyu Car Corporation between February and March 1999 with flip-over transverse seating.

A further seven 4-car sets, J1 to J7, were delivered from Nippon Sharyo to Ōgaki depot between August and October 2010.

313-1300 series

4 x 2-car 4th-batch sets (8 vehicles) were built by Nippon Sharyo in June 2010. The sets are numbered B401 to B404 and allocated to Jinryō depot. All cars feature flip-over transverse seating. A further four 2-car sets, numbered B501 to B504, were delivered from Nippon Sharyo to Jinryō depot on 3 August 2011.

313-2000 series

9 x 2-car and 27 x 3-car sets (99 vehicles) built by Kinki Sharyo and Nippon Sharyo between November 2006 and February 2007 with longitudinal seating.

313-3000 series

12 x 2-car and 16 x 2-car sets (56 vehicles) with fixed transverse seating and longitudinal seating.

313-5000 series

12 x 6-car sets (72 vehicles) were built by Nippon Sharyo in 2006 with flip-over transverse seating. This was the first conventional (i.e. non-shinkansen) rolling stock to feature yaw dampers between intermediate cars.

Further (4th-batch) sets were delivered in 2010.

313-5300 series

One 2-car 4th-batch set was delivered in July 2010 with flip-over transverse seating.

313-8000 series

6 x 3-car sets (18 vehicles) with flip-over transverse seating for use on Chūō Main Line Central Liner and Home Liner Nakatsugawa services, built by Kinki Sharyo and Nippon Sharyo between September 1999 and February 2001.

References

313 series Wikipedia