373 series

The 373 series is an electric multiple unit train type run by the Central Japan Railway Company, known as JR Central, on mid-distance limited express and Home Liner services in Japan since October 1995. Hitachi and Nippon Sharyo built the trains jointly. The three-car sets, numbered F1 to F14, are single class with rotating and reclining two-by-two seating at a seat pitch of 970 millimetres, and some cars have fixed four-seat semi-compartment bays with large tables. The first sets were delivered in August 1995 and entered revenue service on 1 October 1995 on Wide View Fujikawa services. Later services included the limited express Inaji, and the sets also ran Wide View Tokai limited express services between Tokyo and Shizuoka until March 2007.