Shinkansen 500 Series at Odawara

[bill937ca]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kvvn6xfVLs

[bill937ca]

[cd46578]

If it's at Odawara, how come there is an E217 running parallel ?

[bill937ca]

The second one isn't Odawara.  Series 500 videos are becoming rarer.

[Bernard]

The second one isn't Odawara.  Series 500 videos are becoming rarer.

 

Bill - Do you think that will totally be phased out? That would be a shame it's such a unique design.

[bill937ca]

I don't think so. I just don't see them much anymore.  There's only 9 of them and I think they are two separate groups now.

[bikkuri bahn]

If it's at Odawara, how come there is an E217 running parallel ?

 

It's somewhere along the line where the Tokaido Shinkansen runs alongside the Yokosuka Line (perhaps in Ota Ward in Tokyo??).  I think these scenes will be history come this October, with the autumn timetable change and the end of the two remaining 500 series Nozomi services into Tokyo.

[bill937ca]

Latest news on the 500s.  "Japan Echo" now has a children's cab directly behind the cab in car 8 and  "by manipulating the handle in the car while driving, you can feel a sense of realism that is actually driving the Shinkansen."

 

Original JR West Japanese language press release:

 

http://www.westjr.co.jp/news/newslist/article/1174361_799.html