JR-East seeks ’lean and flexible’ EMU

EAST JAPAN Railway has started planning its next generation of commuter trainsets for Tokyo suburban services to follow the Series 209 ’half-life’ EMUs introduced five years ago. An experimental prototype will be developed over the next two years, with series production starting around 2003.

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