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Posted by Wado MP73 on Sun Oct 31 01:41:42 2004, in response to Re: London's five-year plan, posted by David Fairthorne on Sat Oct 30 23:17:13 2004. By saying Toei, I meant the multi-destination, hyper complicated operation on the Asakusa line.Recent moves and future plans by JR East on the west side of the Yamanote line (aka Saikyo line or Shonan-Shinjuku line) is unthinkable, if you look back at the JNR days. As of now, trains from these lines share the former freight/goods trackage: Saikyo, Kawagoe, Utsunomiya, Takasaki, Tokaido, Yokosuka, Tokyo Rinkai, Narita Express and maybe more. Future plans include Sagami Railway(Sotestu) and Tobu Nikko lines to be integrated as well. On the east side of the Yamanote, a connection(Ueno-Tokyo) between the Utsunomiya, Takasaki, Joban lines and Tokaido, Yokosuka Lines is under construction for through service. The connection existed until it gave up the right of way to the Tohoku Shinkansen but never really had regular service. Now they rebuilding the connection, one flight higher than the original one. This also means the introduction of "Green car"(read "First class") seating on northern mid-distance commuter trains, which will happen even sooner than the through service. It would take me another long post, if you're going to ask me why the southern and eastern Tokyo suburban service had them for a long time, while the northern and western never had them. |
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