>>1517083West JR will probably keep Noto Kagaribi and just leave at most three to four 6+3 683 EMU sets in Kanazawa, and depending on what the Third Sector arrangement will be like between Kanazawa and Tsuruga the Dinostar could end as well unless IR Ishikawa and whoever runs the Fukui third sector make arrangements to keep it running.
>The phase break is at Tsuruga and Thunderbird and Shirasagi both will be on full DC sections.I guess they will just build new 271 Series sets to replace 281 (63 cars), 283 (18 cars), and 681 Series (30 or so cars) and convert most 683 Series EMU to 289 Series (DC only) and call it a day.
Obligatory reminder that no one can escape from Le Cat
>>1517087Given the age of the JNR 211s and the rumors of JR East building more E235 sets to replace the E231 suburban sets they could just remove some of the trailer + Green cars, add cold climate modifications, and move them to Nagano.
>>1517093>Shinkansen actually caused an increase in passenger travel volume through railIs it actually meeting JR Hokkaido and whoever else's growth projections since it is still losing money
