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Photographed on January 28, 2024 This time, I photographed Noborito Station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Tama Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Since the end of the war, Seibu Railway has replaced old trains by introducing its own new trains, with some exceptions where it introduced trains sold off by the Japanese National Railways. However, until now, the company has not set targets for when and how to replace old trains with new trains, and has lagged behind other companies in the introduction of energy-saving trains. Meanwhile, on May 12, 2022, parent company Seibu Holdings announced "Overview of Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ending March 2022 and Progress of the Seibu Group Medium-Term Management Plan (FY2021-2023)," in which it revealed its intention to acquire trains from other companies. Although this is not the first time that a major private railway company has acquired used trains from another company, it is unusual. According to Seibu Railway, the cost of introducing used trains is about half that of introducing new trains, which significantly reduces initial investment. While Seibu emphasizes that "the purpose of introducing sustainable vehicles is to contribute to the SDGs and to be environmentally conscious, rather than to focus on cost," the company plans to replace a large number of vehicles in a short period of time at low cost in order to achieve energy conservation and fixed cost reduction ahead of schedule. In September 2023, Seibu Railway announced that it would introduce Odakyu Electric Railway's 8000 series as sustainable vehicles on the Seibu Kokubunji Line. These will be acquired for a fee, and according to Seibu Railway, the number of vehicles will be about 40, with the Odakyu 8000 series being a 6-car train. From Wikipedia Instagram (pockyrailway) https://www.instagram.com/pockyrailwa...