JR Tokai New express test vehicle released Three years later, scheduled to be introduced December 12 20:42
JR Tokai has unveiled a new test vehicle that is scheduled to be installed in the Nansei Express on the Kisehonsen three years later.
The new model called “HC85 series” has an orange line in the body of a combination of white and silver, and the theme is “Japanese”.
In addition, JR Tokai is the first to adopt a hybrid system that runs on electricity generated by the rotation of the engine and wheels to reduce the environmental load.
In JR Tokai after having started the test operation by the end of this month, we are in the prospect of the 2022 fiscal year after three years to express "Nanki" and Takayama Main Line limited express "folds" of Kisei Main Line be introduced as a new type of vehicle.
Mr. Masatoshi Hirano, General Manager of the JR Tokai Tokai Railway Business Division, said, “I want foreign tourists to feel the hospitality of Japan by adopting a design that is conscious of harmony.”
Among the major railway companies in the Tokai region, Kintetsu will start the operation of a new limited express "Hinotori" that connects Nagoya and Osaka from March next year. Starting this month, the movement to introduce new vehicles has become active.