mc900ftJesus@lemy.lol to World News@quokk.au · 6 days agoHello Kitty shinkansen makes final run after 8 years of operationwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down10
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkHello Kitty shinkansen makes final run after 8 years of operationwww.straitstimes.commc900ftJesus@lemy.lol to World News@quokk.au · 6 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days 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minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoTheyre being withdrawn.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Theyre being withdrawn.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.