Tsunami-hit railway partially reopens

Tsunami-hit railway partially reopens

OFUNATO, Japan - A special train departs Sakari Station in Iwate Prefecture on the Minami Riasu Line on April 3, 2013, as the Sanriku Railway Co. line crippled by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster partially reopened for service. New carriages were bought with the help of the Kuwaiti government.

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