fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoHello Kitty shinkansen makes final run after 8 years of operationwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down13
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minus-squaresystemglitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 days ago8 years doesn’t sound like a healthy life span for a train. What’s the flaw?
minus-squareAedis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·2 days agoThe actual train is >30 years old, it was only painted like that 8 years ago. (Probably repainted a couple of times too lol)
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoIt has spent 8 years in the Hello Kitty wrap, but entered service in 1996.
minus-squaresetsubyou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoThe 500 series Shinkansen trains were built in the 90ies so it would be more like 30 years.
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day ago500 series is absolutely the best looking, in my humble not-really-train-person opinion.
8 years doesn’t sound like a healthy life span for a train. What’s the flaw?
The actual train is >30 years old, it was only painted like that 8 years ago. (Probably repainted a couple of times too lol)
It has spent 8 years in the Hello Kitty wrap, but entered service in 1996.
The 500 series Shinkansen trains were built in the 90ies so it would be more like 30 years.
500 series is absolutely the best looking, in my humble not-really-train-person opinion.