All 10 typhoon-flooded shinkansen bullet trains to be scrapped english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 12:38 | All, JapanTOKYO - All 10 Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet trains that were inundated in central Japan last month by floods triggered by Typhoon Hagibis will be scrapped due to severe damage, railway operators said.
East Japan Railway Co. owns eight of the 10, while the remaining two belong to West Japan Railway Co.
The book value of JR East's eight E7-series bullet trains totaled 11.8 billion yen as of the end of September.
Meanwhile, JR West said it plans to book a special loss of 3 billion yen for the fiscal year for its two W7-series bullet trains to be scrapped.
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