By AYATERU HOSOZAWA/ Staff Writer
November 7, 2019 at 16:30 JST
Floodwaters inundate bullet trains of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line at a rail yard in Nagano at 8:12 a.m. on Oct. 13 after embankments of nearby Chikumagawa river collapsed. (Mari Endo)
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) plans to scrap eight bullet trains used on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line that were inundated during Typhoon No. 19, the company’s president, Yuji Fukasawa, said Nov. 6. [Read More]
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