Services will resume earlier than expected on the entire Tohoku Shinkansen line on April 14 after a month of disruption following a major earthquake, East Japan Railway Co. announced April 5.
Tohoku Shinkansen trains are back in service between Ichinoseki and Sendai stations, allowing Hokkaido and Akita Shinkansen trains to reconnect to Sendai, a major transportation hub.
FUKUSHIMA Bullet train services resumed between Tokyo and Fukushima in northeastern Japan on April 2 for the first time since a powerful earthquake off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture last month disrupted runs on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line.
JR East on Saturday resumed services between Koriyama and Fukushima stations that were suspended following a powerful earthquake more than two weeks ago.
East Japan Railway Co. on April 2 resumed bullet train services between Koriyama and Fukushima stations that were suspended following a powerful earthquake in northeastern Japan more than two weeks ago.