>>1049018>The Chuo-Sobu Line recently scrapped all their 6-door E231-0 series cars.We know that JR East will move the E231-500 EMUs from the Yamanote Line to Chuo-Sobu Line once more E235 EMUs are built with mass production of E235 sets will begin this Spring (2 E231-500 sets were re-colored and moved already). But do we know what will actually happen to the current fleet of E231-0 sets?
>Perhaps it will be counteracted by the construction of additional subway lines on Tokyo's waterfront, to take some of the load off the Tozai subway line.Are they actually going to do it or is it just one of the many proposed things that never come to be?
With the recent opening of the Hokaido and Hokuriku Shinkansen services and the changes in the 2017 schedule of scrapping the rapid service between Niigata and Itoigawa, it marks the end of regular services provided by the 485 Series EMU. The Niigata Branch will host Last Run Events for its last two R-Sets in March
http://www.jrniigata.co.jp/Scripts/press/20170213485lastrun.pdf[lolnospoiler] The other 28 485-3000 A-Set cars used in the Tohoku area is now sitting in the Morioka Branch after the Hakucho service ended last year, they will probably be scrapped too due to age and asbestos [/lolnospoiler]
