West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) will end the operation of beverage vending machines installed inside Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen trains at the end of March.
The decision comes in response to a decline in the use of onboard beverage vending machines, due to the recent expansion of beverage selections at stores inside and around railway stations in Japan, and the resulting increase in passengers bringing drinks onto the trains.
The change applies to Shinkansen services operated with 8-car N700 series trainsets between Shin-Osaka Station and Kagoshima-Chuo Station. From today onward, as work related to the termination of service is carried out in stages, the vending machines may not be available on some trains.
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