mc900ftJesus@lemy.lol to World News@quokk.au · 3 months agoHello Kitty shinkansen makes final run after 8 years of operationwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
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minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoIt isn’t. I’m guessing they’re stripping the Hello Kitty livery and reusing the train elsewhere, unless it was already old when it became the Hello Kitty Shinkansen and now has to be either extensively refurbished or scrapped.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoTheyre being withdrawn. They were first built in the mid 1990s.
It isn’t. I’m guessing they’re stripping the Hello Kitty livery and reusing the train elsewhere, unless it was already old when it became the Hello Kitty Shinkansen and now has to be either extensively refurbished or scrapped.
Theyre being withdrawn. They were first built in the mid 1990s.