An N700A series Shinkansen at Higashi-Tagonoura with Mount Fuji in the background. — Takeshi Aida · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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2011JR Central announces the N700A (N700-1000 series) in May as a replacement for ageing 700 series sets.
2012First N700A set unveiled on 21 August. JR Central (April) and JR West (December) announce programmes to retrofit existing N700 Z and N sets to N700A specification.
2013New-build N700A G sets enter revenue service on 8 February under JR Central; San'yo through-running begins with the 16 March timetable revision. Retrofit of N700 sets to X/K spec begins (first conversion Z65 to X65 in May), and JR West introduces new-build F sets (N700-4000) from November.
2015The N700A fleet's enlarged body-tilting range enables the Tokaido Shinkansen maximum speed to be raised to 285 km/h (from 270 km/h). JR Central's retrofit of its 80 Z sets to X sets is completed by August.
2016Conversion of all N700 sets to N700A specification is completed: JR West's N-to-K (5000 series) retrofit finishes by March.
An N700A series Shinkansen at Higashi-Tagonoura with Mount Fuji in the background.Takeshi Aida · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA JR Central N700-2000 series ("N700A") set X50 on a Nozomi service, passing through Shin-Shimonoseki Station.Cheng-en Cheng · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn N700 series (N700A) set crossing the Fujikawa Bridge between Shin-Fuji and Shizuoka on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen.MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsInterior of a JR Central N700A series car (G10 formation, car 783-1010).MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLine-scan strip photograph of N700A series set G13.Dllu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons