OSAKA West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) will introduce a system that automatically detects if a commuter falls from a railway platform and notifies a train driver in seconds to prevent a potentially fatal accident.
East Japan Railway Co (JR East) said Tuesday that all lines of its Tohoku Shinkansen will resume services on April 14 after a powerful earthquake hit northeastern Japan and derailed one of its bullet trains nearly three weeks ago. But the lines will operate on temporary timetables until after the…