fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoHello Kitty shinkansen makes final run after 8 years of operationwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down12
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minus-squaresystemglitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days ago8 years doesn’t sound like a healthy life span for a train. What’s the flaw?
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoIt has spent 8 years in the Hello Kitty wrap, but entered service in 1996.
minus-squareAedis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 days agoThe actual train is >30 years old, it was only painted like that 8 years ago. (Probably repainted a couple of times too lol)
minus-squaresetsubyou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoThe 500 series Shinkansen trains were built in the 90ies so it would be more like 30 years.
8 years doesn’t sound like a healthy life span for a train. What’s the flaw?
It has spent 8 years in the Hello Kitty wrap, but entered service in 1996.
The actual train is >30 years old, it was only painted like that 8 years ago. (Probably repainted a couple of times too lol)
The 500 series Shinkansen trains were built in the 90ies so it would be more like 30 years.