"Blue train" begins last round-trip

"Blue train" begins last round-trip

Thousands of fans crowd Tokyo's JR Ueno Station to take pictures of the Sapporo-bound Hokutosei express train with sleeping berths on Aug. 21, 2015. Hokutosei's return trip from Sapporo to Ueno will put an end to more than half a century of the history of sleeper "blue trains." The once extremely popular trains saw their role reduced gradually, in line with the development of other transportation alternatives such as airplanes and shinkansen bullet trains. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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