JR Tokai Sets Up Female-Only Bathrooms on Shinkansen
Nagoya, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, said Friday that it will change about half of the unisex bathrooms on Shinkansen bullet trains to female-only facilities, in light of a rise in the number of female passengers.
The change for 16-car Shinkansen trains began the same day and will be completed by March 15 next year, when the timetable is revised.
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