1990Prototype locomotive EF200-901 is built by Hitachi in 1990 and allocated to Shin-Tsurumi Depot in Tokyo for extensive testing.
1992Full-production locomotives are delivered to Shin-Tsurumi Depot in Tokyo and enter revenue service on the Tokaido and Sanyo Main Lines from the summer; the class is awarded the Laurel Prize by the Japan Railfan Club.
1999From 1 April the entire class of 21 locomotives is transferred from Shin-Tsurumi Depot in Tokyo to Suita Depot in Osaka.
2011Class member EF200-1, the production fleet’s number-one locomotive, is withdrawn and later scrapped in January 2013 as the class is progressively retired; from 2007 the class had been power-derated to match the output of the older Class EF66.
2019The final service of the Class EF200 runs on 28 March, with EF200-18 hauling its last freight train from the Hatabu yard in Shimonoseki to the Suita freight terminal in Osaka, ending the type's operation; one locomotive (prototype EF200-901) is preserved at the Hitachi Mito factory.
JR Freight Class EF200 electric locomotive EF200-4 at Suita Depot, Osaka.TRJN · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsEF200-6 hauling a container freight train through Saijo Station, Hiroshima Prefecture.kh ws · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPreserved prototype EF200-901 on display at the Hitachi Mito Factory open day, Ibaraki Prefecture.DAJF · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJR Freight Class EF200 electric locomotive EF200-5 passing through Fujikawa Station.くろふね (Kurofune) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsClass EF200 locomotive EF200-19 hauling an inspection car at Itozaki Stationkhws4v1 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJR Freight EF200-16 electric locomotiveMitsuki-2368 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJR Freight Class EF200 locomotive EF200-19 on a freight trainkhws4v1 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons