313 series

313 series
313-0 series set Y6 (left) and 313-5000 series set Y110 (right), September 2021
In service	1999–Present
Manufacturer	Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, Tokyu Car Corporation[1]
Replaced	103 series, 113 series, 115 series, 117 series, 119 series, 165 series
Constructed	1999–2014, 2019
Entered service	May 1999
Number built	541 vehicles
Number in service	539 vehicles
Number scrapped	2 vehicles (accident damage)
Formation	2/3/4/6 cars per trainset
Operators	JR Central
Depots	Ōgaki, Jinryō, Shizuoka
Lines served	Tōkaidō Main Line Chūō Main Line Iida Line Minobu Line Gotemba Line Kansai Main Line Shinonoi Line Shinetsu Main Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Doors	3 pairs per side
Maximum speed	130 km/h (81 mph) (313-8000 series) 120 km/h (75 mph) (other series)
Traction system	IGBT-VVVF
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC (overhead catenary)
Current collector(s)	Pantograph
Braking system(s)	Electronically controlled pneumatic brakes with regenerative or dynamic braking, snow-resistant brake
Safety system(s)	ATS-ST, ATS-PT
Coupling system	Shibata Type
Multiple working	211/213/311 series
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

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

The design was introduced from spring 1999 to replace older 113 and 115 series EMUs.[2]

Variants

Series	Formation	Line(s) used
313-0 series	4-car	Tōkaidō Main Line (Toyohashi – Maibara)
313-300 series	2-car
313-1000 series	4-car	Chūō Main Line (Nagoya – Nakatsugawa)
313-1300 series	2-car	Tōkaidō Main Line
313-1500 series	3-car	Chūō Main Line (Nagoya – Nakatsugawa) Kansai Main Line (Nagoya – Kameyama)
313-1600 series
313-1700 series		Iida Line, Chūō Main Line, Kansai Main Line
313-2300 series	2-car	Tōkaidō Main Line, Gotemba Line, Minobu Line
313-2350 series
313-2500 series	3-car	Tōkaidō Main Line (Atami – Toyohashi)
313-2600 series		Tōkaidō Main Line, Gotemba Line, Minobu Line
313-3000 series	2-car	Kansai Main Line, Chūō Main Line Gotemba Line, Minobu Line
313-3100 series		Gotemba Line, Minobu Line
313-5000 series	6-car	Tōkaidō Main Line (Toyohashi – Ōgaki)
313-5300 series	2-car	Tōkaidō Main Line
313-8000 series	3-car	Chūō Main Line (Nagoya – Nakatsugawa) (1999–2022) Tōkaidō Main Line (2022–present)

313-0 series

313-0 series 4-car set Y9, January 2022

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.[3]

4-car Ōgaki sets Y1 to Y15

Designation	Mc	T	M	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313	SaHa 313	MoHa 313	KuHa 312

313-300 series

313-300 series 2-car set Y45, June 2008

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.[3]

2-car Ōgaki sets Y31 to Y46

Designation	Mc	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-300	KuHa 312-300

313-1000 series

313-1100 series 4-car set J5, September 2021

3 x four-car and 3 x two-car sets (21 vehicles) built by Nippon Sharyo and Tokyu Car Corporation between February and March 1999 with flip-over transverse seating.[1]

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

A further three 4-car sets, J8 to J10, were delivered in 2014.[5]

4-car Jinryō sets B1 to B5

B1 to B3

Designation	Mc	T	M	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-1000	SaHa 313-1000	MoHa 313-1000	KuHa 312

B4 to B5

Designation	Mc	T	M	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-1100	SaHa 313-1100	MoHa 313-1100	KuHa 312-400

4-car Ōgaki sets J1 to J7

Designation	Mc	T	M	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-1100	SaHa 313-1100	MoHa 313-1100	KuHa 312-400

3-car Jinryō sets B101 to B107

B101 to B103

Designation	Mc	M	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-1500	MoHa 313-1500	KuHa 312

B104 to B107

Designation	Mc	M	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-1600	MoHa 313-1600	KuHa 312-400

3-car Jinryō sets B151 to B153

Designation	Mc	M	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-1700	MoHa 313-1700	KuHa 312-400

Interior

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  Interior view, September 2021
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  General seats, September 2021
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  Priority seats, September 2021
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  Priority seats (longitudinal), January 2022
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  Toilet, September 2021

313-1300 series

313-1300 series 2-car set B404, October 2010

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.[6][7] A further four 2-car sets, numbered B501 to B504, were delivered from Nippon Sharyo to Jinryō depot on 3 August 2011.[8]

2-car Jinryō sets B401–B404, B501–B504

Designation	Tc'	Mc
Numbering	KuHa 312-1300	KuMoHa 313-1300

313-2000 series

3-car set T15, April 2010

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.[3]

2-car Shizuoka sets W1 to W9

W1–W2

Designation	Mc	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-2350	KuHa 312-2300

W3–W9

Designation	Mc	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-2300	KuHa 312-2300

3-car Shizuoka sets T1 to T17

Designation	Mc	M	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-2500	MoHa 313-2500	KuHa 312-2300

3-car Shizuoka sets N1 to N10

Designation	Mc	M	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-2600	MoHa 313-2600	KuHa 312-2300

Interior

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  313-2000 series interior view showing longitudinal seating, January 2022
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  Toilet, January 2022

313-3000 series

313-3000 series 2-car set V12, January 2009

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

2-car Shizuoka sets V1 to V14

V1–V12

Designation	Mc	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-3000	KuHa 312-3000

V13–V14

Designation	Mc	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-3100	KuHa 312-3100

2-car Jinryō sets B301 to B316

Designation	Mc	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-3000	KuHa 312-3000

Interior

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  313-3000 series interior view, January 2007
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  313-3000 series interior view, January 2007

313-5000 series

313-5000 series 6-car set Y112, September 2021

12 x 6-car sets (72 vehicles) were built by Nippon Sharyo in 2006 with flip-over transverse seating.[1] This was the first conventional (i.e. non-Shinkansen) rolling stock to feature yaw dampers between intermediate cars.[2]

Further (4th-batch) sets were delivered in 2010.[7]

Two cars—designated KuHa 312-5102 and MoHa 313-5402—were built in 2019[9] to replace KuHa 312-5002 and MoHa 313-5302, respectively. This follows an accident in which set Y102 was involved in 2017.[10]

6-car Ōgaki sets Y101 to Y113

Designation	Mc	T	M	T	M	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-5000	SaHa 313-5300	MoHa 313-5000	SaHa 313-5000	MoHa 313-5300	KuHa 312-5000

Interior

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  313-5000 series interior view, January 2022

313-5300 series

One 2-car 4th-batch set was delivered in July 2010 with flip-over transverse seating.[4][7]

2-car Ōgaki set Z1

Designation	Mc	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-5300	KuHa 312-5000

313-8000 series

313-8000 series

The 313-8000 series fleet consists of six 3-car sets (18 vehicles) with flip-over transverse seating, designed for use on Chūō Main Line Central Liner and Home Liner Nakatsugawa services and built by Kinki Sharyo and Nippon Sharyo between September 1999 and February 2001.[1] Although Central Liner services were discontinued in 2013, the trains continued to be used on Chūō Main Line local and rapid services until JR Central's 12 March 2022 timetable revision,[11] and were transferred from Jinryō to Shizuoka depot from then.[12] The sets were renumbered S1–S6 from B201–B206.[13] From 14 March of that year, the fleet was introduced onto Tōkaidō Main Line services.[14]

3-car Shizuoka sets S1 to S6

Designation	Mc	M	Tc'
Numbering	KuMoHa 313-8500	MoHa 313-8500	KuHa 312-8000

Interior

Passenger accommodation consists of flip-over transverse seating throughout. Fixed seating bays with tables are provided at the ends of each car.[11] Some cars are equipped with toilets.[11]

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  Interior view
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  End-car transverse seating bay
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  Priority seating with toilet

See also

• KiHa 25, diesel multiple unit counterpart

References

1. JR電車編成表 '07冬号 [JR EMU Formations – Winter 2007]. Japan: JRR. December 2006. ISBN 978-4-88283-046-7.
2. "311系・313系 製作の背景と現在までの経緯" [311 & 313 series: Background and developments to present day]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō. 38 (304): 12–25. August 2009.
3. JR電車編成表 2009夏 [JR EMU Formations – Summer 2009]. Japan: JRR. June 2009. ISBN 978-4-330-06909-8.
4. JR電車編成表 2011夏 [JR EMU Formations – Summer 2011]. Japan: JRR. May 2010. ISBN 978-4-330-21211-1.
5. JR電車編成表: 2021冬 [JR Train Formation Tables, Winter 2021] (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Kōtsū Shimbun. 2020. p. 361. ISBN 978-4-330-08220-2. OCLC 1223315028.
6. 313系1300番台が営業運転を開始 [313-1300 series enters revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Koyusha Co., Ltd. 4 July 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
7. "313系４次車 (313 series 4th-batch sets)". Japan Railfan Magazine. 50 (594): 80–81. October 2010.
8. 313系1300番台が日本車輌から出場 [313-1300 series delivered from Nippon Sharyo]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
9. Miyashita, Takahiro (14 September 2019). "313系2両が陸送される" [Two 313 series cars to be transported by land]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
10. "ＪＲ東海道線で電車と車が衝突する踏切事故 車が炎上し運転手の男性が死亡、列車が脱線し一部区間で運転見合わせ続く" [Railroad crossing accident where JR Tokaido Line train and car collide…]. MoreNews. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
11. "JR東海313系、元「セントラルライナー」車両が静岡地区で営業運転" [JR Central 313 series, former "Central Liner" vehicle is now active in the Shizuoka area]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). 17 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
12. "313系8000番台が名古屋地区での定期運用を終了" [The 313-8000 series ends regular operation in Nagoya]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Koyusha Co., Ltd. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
13. 313系8000番代が静岡地区で運用開始 [313-8000 series begins operation in Shizuoka area]. RM News (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
14. "313系8000番台が静岡地区で営業運転を開始" [313-8000 series begins commercial operations in the Shizuoka area]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Koyusha Co., Ltd. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

External links

• JR Central 313 series information (in Japanese)