JR West W7 series set W3 on a Hakutaka service to Tokyo between Nagano and Sakudaira on the Hokuriku Shinkansen. — MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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2015W7 series enters revenue service on 14 March with the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, taking up Kagayaki, Hakutaka, Tsurugi, and Asama services; W7 and E7 jointly win the 2015 Blue Ribbon Award in May.
2019On 12 October, two W7 series sets (with eight E7 sets) are damaged by Typhoon Hagibis floodwater at the Nagano Shinkansen Vehicle Center; all ten flooded sets are announced for scrapping on 6 November and withdrawn.
2024With the 16 March extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Tsuruga, the W7 series comes to operate across all five prefectures of the Hokushin'etsu region.