The JR Hokkaido H5 series set H1 on a "Hayabusa" service entering Ōmiya Station on the Tōhoku Shinkansen. — MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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2014Details of the H5 series announced by JR Hokkaido in April; first set H1 shipped from Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe to the Hakodate depot in October; slow-speed test-running on the Hokkaido Shinkansen begins 1 December, reaching 260 km/h on 26 December.
2016First H5 series set enters revenue service on 26 March with the partial opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen (Shin-Aomori-Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto); E5 and H5 sets work interchangeably from this date.
2022Set H2, running as Yamabiko No. 223, derails in the 16 March Fukushima earthquake between Fukushima and Shiroishi-Zaō (no injuries) and is withdrawn on 16 September, reducing the fleet to three sets.
The JR Hokkaido H5 series set H1 on a "Hayabusa" service entering Ōmiya Station on the Tōhoku Shinkansen.MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsCar H523-1 of JR Hokkaido H5 series set H1 approaching Ōmiya Station.Rsa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe full-colour LED destination indicator on a JR Hokkaido H5 series car (H525-404).MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons