By AYATERU HOSOZAWA/ Staff Writer
October 19, 2019 at 17:20 JST
The power source room, which sends signals to train tracks, has been flooded at the Nagano Shinkansen rail yard in Nagano. The electronic equipment must be replaced before the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line resumes operations on Oct. 25. (Provided by East Japan Railway Co.)
Nearly two weeks after losing a third of its fleet in flooding from Typhoon No. 19, the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line will resume service along its entire route between Tokyo and Kanazawa from the first train on Oct. 25. [Read More]
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