
SL Gunma Operations Using Non-SL Vehicles Due to Vehicle Malfunction
East Japan Railway Company (JR East) will relocate and exhibit Car 1, SroNeFu E26, of the Cassiopeia sleeper limited express within the site of the development project at the west exit of Omiya Station (tentative name: ‘Sakuragi PPJ’) in Saitama, Japan.
A large mixed-use complex with a total floor area exceeding 30,000 square meters is being built on part of the municipal ‘Sakuragi Parking Lot’ at Omiya Station’s west exit. The project consists of five buildings: a retail building, an office building, a parking structure, a fitness building, and a MICE and wedding venue building. The development is being advanced with Daiwa House Industry and Daiwa House Realty Management, and construction began on April 15. Completion is scheduled for spring 2027.
Specific details of the exhibit are under consideration and coordination, and will be announced once finalized.