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People wait to board a Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train bound for Tokyo at Sendai Station on Wednesday. | KYODO
Kyodo Feb 24, 2021
Shinkansen bullet train services between Tokyo and northeastern Japan resumed Wednesday, 11 days after they were disrupted due to a powerful earthquake that hit the Tohoku region.
The Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line connected the capital with the region for the first time since the magnitude 7.3 quake on Feb. 13 damaged electricity poles and bridges in some areas along the line.
Shinkansen bullet train services between Tokyo and northeastern Japan resumed Wednesday, 11 days after they were disrupted due to a powerful earthquake that hit the Tohoku region. The Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line connected the capital with the region for the first time since the magnitude-7.3 temblor on Feb. 13…
Quake-hit bullet trains resume Tokyo-northeastern Japan services
Shinkansen bullet train services between Tokyo and northeastern Japan resumed Wednesday, 11 days after they were disrupted due to a powerful earthquake that hit the Tohoku region.
The Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line connected the capital with the region for the first time since the magnitude-7.3 temblor on Feb. 13 damaged electricity poles and bridges in some areas along the line.
A Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train bound for Tokyo arrives at a platform of JR Sendai Station on Feb. 24, 2021. (Kyodo)
Its operator East Japan Railway Co. said the total number of high-speed trains on the line will initially be limited to about 80 percent of the pre-quake level with services expected to return to normal in about a month.