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Japan: Shinkansen Services Halted After Two Linked Cars Disconnected

Tohoku Shinkansen services were suspended for hours after two linked trains uncoupled between Furukawa and Sendai stations in Miyagi Prefecture, northeast Japan on Thursday, September 19. JR East halted all bullet train services between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in Aomori Prefecture for inspection. This video shows a bullet train stopped in Osaki City, about 8 kilometers south of Furukawa station. There is no injuries reported among the some 320 people aboard.

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Hokkaido Shinkansen train on test run

AOMORI, Japan - A high-speed train of the H5 series for use on the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line comes out of the Seikan Tunnel and enters Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture of Honshu island, in a trial run on Dec. 7, 2014. The line is due to start operating between Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate stations in March 2016.

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Railroading work for new bullet train line completed

HAKODATE, Japan - A railway construction vehicle runs as part of a ceremony held at a station in Kikonai on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 1, 2014, making the completion of railroading work for the 149-km Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line between Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto stations.

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Tohoku bullet train service fully resumes

SENDAI, Japan - The bullet train Hayabusa from Tokyo heads to Sendai Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on April 29, 2011, as services fully resumed between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time in 50 days since the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami. In the background are temporary housing units for disaster survivors under construction in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Tohoku Shinkansen service to fully resume

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 27, 2011, shows the Hayabusa advanced model of the shinkansen (front) in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Sendai and Ichinoseki, which has been suspended in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, is scheduled to resume on April 29, linking Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time since the suspension. As the Kyushu Shinkansen Line fully opened between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo on March 12, bullet train services will link Aomori at the northern tip of the Honshu main island, and Kagoshima at the southern tip of the southwestern main island of Kyushu, for the first time.

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Shinkansen services partially resume

MORIOKA, Japan - Passengers board a bullet train at JR Morioka Station in Iwate Prefecture as the Tohoku Shinkansen Line partially resumed services between Morioka and Shin-Aomori stations on March 22, 2011. It is expected to take a month for services on the line, which were suspended after the devastating March 11 quake and tsunami, to fully resume.

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New shinkansen train

AOMORI, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train heads for JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on March 5, 2011. The train debuted the same day on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo with Shin-Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run.

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train (green train, 2nd from R) arrives at JR Tokyo Station on March 5, 2011. The train debuted the same day on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo with Shin-Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run.

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train heads for JR Tokyo Station in Tokyo on March 5, 2011. The train debuted the same day on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo with Shin-Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run.

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Tokyo-Aomori bullet train line fully opens

AOMORI, Japan - Kohiro Akasaka, train master of Shin Aomori Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line, signals the departure of the first train leaving the station on Dec. 4, 2010. Extended services on the train line between Shin-Aomori and Hachinohe stations in Aomori Prefecture started the same day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tokyo-Aomori bullet train line fully opens

TOKYO, Japan - The first train coming from Shin-Aomori Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line arrives at Tokyo Station on Dec. 4, 2010. Extended services on the bullet train line between Shin-Aomori and Hachinohe stations in Aomori Prefecture started the same day.

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Tokyo-Aomori bullet train line fully opens

AOMORI, Japan - Children play as they ride the first Aomori-bound train from Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2010, as it runs through Aomori Prefecture. Extended services on the bullet train line between Shin-Aomori and Hachinohe stations in the prefecture started the same day.

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Tokyo-Aomori bullet train line fully opens

AOMORI, Japan - Local dancers welcome the first train from Tokyo arriving at Shin-Aomori Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line on Dec. 4, 2010. Extended services on the bullet train line between Shin-Aomori and Hachinohe stations in Aomori Prefecture started the same day.

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Shinkansen firefighting drill

AOMORI, Japan - A firefighting drill is held at Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on Nov. 29, 2010, ahead of the station's opening on Dec. 4.

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Shinkansen firefighting drill

AOMORI, Japan - A firefighting drill is held at Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on Nov. 29, 2010, ahead of the station's opening on Dec. 4.

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'Hayabusa' bullet train enters Aomori City

AOMORI, Japan - People welcome the new bullet train model 'Hayabusa' as it arrives at JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori during a test run on June 17, 2010. The train will be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in spring 2011, following an extension of bullet train services to the station from JR Hachinohe Station in Aomori Prefecture in December.

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'Hayabusa' bullet train enters Aomori City

AOMORI, Japan - People welcome the new bullet train model 'Hayabusa' as it arrives at JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori during a test run on June 17, 2010. The train will be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in spring 2011, following an extension of bullet train services to the station from JR Hachinohe Station in Aomori Prefecture in December.

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Tohoku bullet train services to be extended to Aomori City

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2009 shows a new model of train, nicknamed on May 11, 2010, as ''Hayabusa (falcon),'' to be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in the spring of 2011. East Japan Railway Co. said the same day that the bullet train services will be extended to Shin-Aomori on Dec. 4 with the opening of a roughly 80-kilometer section in northeastern Japan.

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Extended Tohoku Shinkansen line to feature super deluxe cabins

TOKYO, Japan - An artist's impression of a super deluxe ''Green Car'' cabin of a new shinkansen super-express train that East Japan Railway Co. plans to introduce on the extended Tohoku Shinkansen line by the end of fiscal 2010. According to JR East, the super deluxe ''Green Car'' will seat up to 18 passengers and will boast the same level of comfort as a first-class cabin on an airliner. The new Tohoku Shinkansen line, to be extended to Shin-Aomori station in Aomori Prefecture, will allow a maximum speed of 320 kilometers per hour when in commercial operation.

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Construction of world's longest tunnel on land completed

TOKYO, Japan - Central and local government officials walk inside the world's longest land tunnel in Aomori Prefecture on Feb. 27 after a ceremony to blast the last bedrock blocking the 26.5-kilometer railway tunnel. The Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency began constructing the tunnel that connects the Tohoku Shinkansen Line's Hachinohe Station and Shin-Aomori Station in August 1998.

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Construction of world's longest tunnel on land completed

TOKYO, Japan - Central and local government officials walk inside the world's longest land tunnel in Aomori Prefecture on Feb. 27 after a ceremony to blast the last bedrock blocking the 26.5-kilometer railway tunnel. The Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency began constructing the tunnel that connects the Tohoku Shinkansen Line's Hachinohe Station and Shin-Aomori Station in August 1998. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

A little girl smiles with her shinkansen bullet train ticket while awaiting to board a train bound for Hokkaido, at JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture at 5:58 a.m. on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People sport Hokkaido Shinkansen train headwear to celebrate

People sport headwear resembling a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train outside the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 25, 2016, the day before the launch of the bullet train line's operation connecting the station and Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Hakodate abuzz ahead of Hokkaido Shinkansen line opening

A family smiles in front of a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Japan's northernmost island prefecture of Hokkaido on Feb. 13, 2016. The bullet train service will be introduced on March 26 to run the 148-kilometer route between Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido in one hour through an undersea tunnel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Hakodate abuzz ahead of Hokkaido Shinkansen line opening

A family rides the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train during a test run on Feb. 13, 2016, in Japan's northernmost island prefecture of Hokkaido. The bullet train service will be introduced on March 26 to run the 148-kilometer route between Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido in one hour through an undersea tunnel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Extended Tohoku Shinkansen line to feature super deluxe cabins

TOKYO, Japan - An artist's impression of a super deluxe ''Green Car'' cabin of a new shinkansen super-express train that East Japan Railway Co. plans to introduce on the extended Tohoku Shinkansen line by the end of fiscal 2010. According to JR East, the super deluxe ''Green Car'' will seat up to 18 passengers and will boast the same level of comfort as a first-class cabin on an airliner. The new Tohoku Shinkansen line, to be extended to Shin-Aomori station in Aomori Prefecture, will allow a maximum speed of 320 kilometers per hour when in commercial operation. (Kyodo)

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'Hayabusa' bullet train enters Aomori City

AOMORI, Japan - People welcome the new bullet train model 'Hayabusa' as it arrives at JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori during a test run on June 17, 2010. The train will be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in spring 2011, following an extension of bullet train services to the station from JR Hachinohe Station in Aomori Prefecture in December. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku bullet train services to be extended to Aomori City

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2009 shows a new model of train, nicknamed on May 11, 2010, as ''Hayabusa (falcon),'' to be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in the spring of 2011. East Japan Railway Co. said the same day that the bullet train services will be extended to Shin-Aomori on Dec. 4 with the opening of a roughly 80-kilometer section in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo-Aomori bullet train line fully opens

AOMORI, Japan - Kohiro Akasaka, train master of Shin Aomori Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line, signals the departure of the first train leaving the station on Dec. 4, 2010. Extended services on the train line between Shin-Aomori and Hachinohe stations in Aomori Prefecture started the same day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Tokyo-Aomori bullet train line fully opens

AOMORI, Japan - Children play as they ride the first Aomori-bound train from Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2010, as it runs through Aomori Prefecture. Extended services on the bullet train line between Shin-Aomori and Hachinohe stations in the prefecture started the same day. (Kyodo)

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'Hayabusa' bullet train enters Aomori City

AOMORI, Japan - People welcome the new bullet train model 'Hayabusa' as it arrives at JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori during a test run on June 17, 2010. The train will be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in spring 2011, following an extension of bullet train services to the station from JR Hachinohe Station in Aomori Prefecture in December. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku bullet train service fully resumes

SENDAI, Japan - The bullet train Hayabusa from Tokyo heads to Sendai Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on April 29, 2011, as services fully resumed between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time in 50 days since the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami. In the background are temporary housing units for disaster survivors under construction in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku Shinkansen service to fully resume

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 27, 2011, shows the Hayabusa advanced model of the shinkansen (front) in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Sendai and Ichinoseki, which has been suspended in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, is scheduled to resume on April 29, linking Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time since the suspension. As the Kyushu Shinkansen Line fully opened between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo on March 12, bullet train services will link Aomori at the northern tip of the Honshu main island, and Kagoshima at the southern tip of the southwestern main island of Kyushu, for the first time. (Kyodo)

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train (green train, 2nd from R) arrives at JR Tokyo Station on March 5, 2011. The train debuted the same day on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo with Shin-Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run. (Kyodo)

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New shinkansen train

AOMORI, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train heads for JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on March 5, 2011. The train debuted the same day on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo with Shin-Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run. (Kyodo)

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train heads for JR Tokyo Station in Tokyo on March 5, 2011. The train debuted the same day on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo with Shin-Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run. (Kyodo)

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Shinkansen services partially resume

MORIOKA, Japan - Passengers board a bullet train at JR Morioka Station in Iwate Prefecture as the Tohoku Shinkansen Line partially resumed services between Morioka and Shin-Aomori stations on March 22, 2011. It is expected to take a month for services on the line, which were suspended after the devastating March 11 quake and tsunami, to fully resume. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido Shinkansen train on test run

AOMORI, Japan - A high-speed train of the H5 series for use on the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line comes out of the Seikan Tunnel and enters Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture of Honshu island, in a trial run on Dec. 7, 2014. The line is due to start operating between Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate stations in March 2016. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo-Aomori bullet train line fully opens

TOKYO, Japan - The first train coming from Shin-Aomori Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line arrives at Tokyo Station on Dec. 4, 2010. Extended services on the bullet train line between Shin-Aomori and Hachinohe stations in Aomori Prefecture started the same day. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo-Aomori bullet train line fully opens

AOMORI, Japan - Local dancers welcome the first train from Tokyo arriving at Shin-Aomori Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line on Dec. 4, 2010. Extended services on the bullet train line between Shin-Aomori and Hachinohe stations in Aomori Prefecture started the same day. (Kyodo)

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Shinkansen firefighting drill

AOMORI, Japan - A firefighting drill is held at Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on Nov. 29, 2010, ahead of the station's opening on Dec. 4. (Kyodo)

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Shinkansen firefighting drill

AOMORI, Japan - A firefighting drill is held at Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on Nov. 29, 2010, ahead of the station's opening on Dec. 4. (Kyodo)