TOKYO, Dec 10 (News On Japan) –
JR East introduced that it’ll start working the nation’s first cargo-only Shinkansen on March twenty third 2026, working between Morioka and Tokyo with loading and unloading carried out on dollies instantly on the rail yard.
The practice will use a seven-car E3 sequence set beforehand deployed on the Yamagata Shinkansen ‘Tsubasa,’ with all passenger seating eliminated and the automobiles absolutely transformed for freight use, permitting the service to hold as much as 17.4 tons, or roughly 1,000 bins.
The practice will run coupled with the ‘Yamabiko’ and function one scheduled spherical per weekday. JR East expects robust demand for transporting agricultural and marine merchandise alongside the route.
Source: テレ東BIZ