>>1768163>It's surprising since JR West makes bank from the Sanyo Shinkansen.And whatever money they made from Sanyo Shinkansen probably goes to those extremely unprofitable rural lines in Hokuriku and San'in regions
>Meanwhile JR East has replaced rolling stock on high-capacity line every 15 years since privatization.The fact that E217 Series on the Yokosuka Line managed to last for 20+ years before getting replaced by E235-1000 recently is pretty much a record, and given that they are currently being scrapped (11 11-car sets and 12 4-car sets so far by 2022/01) the rumors about KCI buying them in previous threads might not have panned out unless KCI is only buying some of them.
