History
The first two sets, Be1 and Be02, were delivered in March and April 1993, entering revenue service from 2 July 1993 on View Wakashio and View Sazanami limited express services. Three more sets, Be03 to Be05, were delivered in October and November 1994.
From the start of the revised timetable on 12 December 2000, the Green car (car 4) was made entirely no smoking.
The destination indicators on the sides of cars were changed from the original roller blind type to LED indicators between October and November 2005.
From the start of the revised timetable on 10 December 2005, View Wakashio and View Sazanami services were renamed simply Wakashio and Sazanami, and 255 series sets were also introduced on Shiosai services. All cars were made no-smoking from this date.
The front-end skirt design was modified during 2010.
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