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.
The March 16 earthquake that struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture was stronger where a Shinkansen was derailed than the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, according to East Japan Railway Co. (JR East).
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said it expects to resume full operations on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line around April 20 in time to meet demand for the peak Golden Week travel season following the derailment of a 17-car bullet train in an earthquake last week.
East Japan Railway Co (JR East) said Monday it aims to fully resume around April 20 its high-speed shinkansen train services that were disrupted in the wake of a powerful earthquake that hit northeastern Japan last week and caused one bullet train to derail. JR East said it is continuing…
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) began work March 20 to lift a bullet train that derailed in a powerful earthquake four days earlier and restore the track so that services on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line can resume.