West JR will purchase 10 more N700S sets by 2028, modify 10 more current N700 sets (probably the older non-A ones) into 8-car sets in addition to the 4 sets planned from 2026 to 2029, and retire the rest of the 500 Series fleet by 2027. The following is the current West JR Shinkansen fleet for reference:
N700S: 4x 16-car sets (4 more sets will be purchased by 2026 and 10 more by 2028)
N700A: 24x 16-car sets
N700: 16x 16-car and 19x 8-car sets
700: 16x 8-car sets
500: 6x 8-car sets
https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/240724_02_press_SanyoShinkansenN700Saddition500closing_2.pdf>>2009169>Route it towards the existing Tokaido shinkansen ROW.Isn't existing Tokaido Shinkansen ROW pretty saturated and pretty difficult to put more trips in? That and I'm not sure if the slightly lesser maximum speed and different ATC system will further complicated things.
>>2009741Carefully removing the damaged cars without potentially damaging surrounding infrastructure takes time.
