JR東海の車両が新天地に!? 「西武車の王国」へ突然の回送に騒然「これは予想外」
211 series trains belonging to JR Central was sent to new railway company, where full of used Seibu trains are running. Every railfan is surprised and could not anticipated.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/25b8ab37b1b971284eeee350047ba76703ae69b9
(Summary of the article begins)
211 series trains that used to run on Tokaido Line were sent to Sangi Railway. Among SNS, it's rumored to be aimed at Sangi's taking over of the trainsets.
Sangi Railway owns Sangi Line(Tomida - Nishi-Fujiwara) and Hokusei Line(Nishi-Kuwana - Ageki).
The latter is 762 mm gauge line. Sangi Line has trains bought from Seibu Railway. It's rare to see JR trains.
2 trainsets each of which consists of 3 cars were sent to Sangi Railway. Those used to run in Shizuoka.
Sangi Railway authority says 211 series trains arrived at Tomida on March 20, and are staying there now. At this moment, no detail was disclosed.
If it's aimed at Sangi's taking over of the trainsets, it's the first case that 211 series trains are taken over to regional railway companies.
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I guess railfans are looking forward to seeing new color of the trainsets in Sangi Railway.
