Sunday, December 29, 2024

JR East celebrates 110th anniversary of Tokyo Station, the gateway to the capital

On 20th December this year, the Tokyo Station turned 110. To mark the anniversary, JR East ran a special Nagomi train between the gateway of Tokyo with Ito in Shizuoka Prefecture the following day, using a E655 series trainset. The E655 series is a 5-car special luxury charter trainset that can also double as an Imperial train by inserting a specialized bullet-proof Imperial carriage called E655-1.





References:
https://bateman.monologue.jp/en/articles/JR/jre655.html
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