JR West and JR Kyushu will cease operation of in-train beverage vending machines on the Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines by the end of March.
The subject trains are the Shinkansen trains operating between Shin-Osaka and Kagoshima-Chuo with 8-car N700 Series trains, and work will be performed sequentially from February 19 onward in conjunction with the end of operations.
In recent years, station stores have been offering a full line of beverage products, and more and more passengers are bringing their own beverages into the train, so the decision was made to terminate the in-train beverage vending machines, which have seen a decline in usage.
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