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Passenger rolling stock: Adapting to falling numbers

By Mike Bent 2020-11-23T15:30:00

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Photos: JR East

Due to enter service on three routes north of Tokyo next year, JR East’s Series E131 EMUs are intended to be more economical to operate in semi-rural areas with a declining population. Mike Bent investigates.

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