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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 7

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 6

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 5

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 4

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line Service Suspended Due to Power Outage

Service on the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line has been suspended due to a power outage. At JR Yurakucho Station, where only the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line stop, the automatic ticket gates remain closed.=January 16,2026,Tokyo

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Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line Service Suspended Due to Power Outage

Service on the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line has been suspended due to a power outage. At JR Yurakucho Station, where only the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line stop, the automatic ticket gates remain closed.=January 16,2026,Tokyo

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Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line Service Suspended Due to Power Outage

Service on the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line has been suspended due to a power outage. At JR Yurakucho Station, where only the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line stop, the automatic ticket gates remain closed.=January 16,2026,Tokyo

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 2

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 3

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

An electronic sign at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, notifies passengers of the temporary suspension of services in both directions on the Tokyo-Sendai section of the Tohoku Shinkansen line on June 17, 2025, following a malfunction that saw a train stop between stations.

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Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

An electronic sign at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, notifies passengers of the temporary suspension of services in both directions on the Tokyo-Sendai section of the Tohoku Shinkansen line on June 17, 2025, following a malfunction that saw a train stop between stations.

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Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

An electronic sign at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, notifies passengers of the temporary suspension of services in both directions on the Tokyo-Sendai section of the Tohoku Shinkansen line on June 17, 2025, following a malfunction that saw a train stop between stations.

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Suspended bullet trains in Japan restart after incident

FUKUSHIMA, Japan, March 14 Kyodo - Video shows bullet train cars of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen Line coupling at JR Fukushima Station in northeastern Japan on March 14, 2025, as operations resumed after being suspended following an incident last week in which linked shinkansen trains disconnected while in motion. (Kyodo)

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Suspended bullet trains in Japan restart after incident

Photo shows bullet train cars of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line (L) and the Yamagata Shinkansen Line coupling at JR Fukushima Station in northeastern Japan on March 14, 2025, as operations resumed after being suspended following an incident last week in which linked shinkansen trains disconnected while in motion.

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

TOKYO, Japan, March 6 Kyodo - Video take photos of a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line following an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo on March 6, 2025, after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

Photo taken March 6, 2025, shows a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line making an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan.

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

Photo taken March 6, 2025, shows a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line making an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan.

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

Photo taken March 6, 2025, shows a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line making an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan.

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

Photo taken March 6, 2025, shows a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line making an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan.

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

People take photos of a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line following an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo on March 6, 2025, after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan.

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Shinkansen halted after train's cars decouple

An electronic sign at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo notifies passengers of a suspension of Shinkansen bullet train services in eastern Japan on March 6, 2025, after two train cars on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line decoupled, causing an emergency stop.

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

Photo taken March 6, 2025, shows a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line making an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan.

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Bullet train cars disengage en route to Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tohoku Shinkansen Line's Hayabusa-Komachi No. 6 bullet train bound for Tokyo -- the Hayabusa portion (top L) and the Komachi portion (bottom) -- decoupled and stopped on the tracks in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, between Furukawa and Sendai stations on Sept. 19, 2024.

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Bullet train cars disengage en route to Tokyo

Photo shows the Tohoku Shinkansen Line's Hayabusa-Komachi No. 6 bullet train bound for Tokyo -- the Hayabusa portion (L) and the Komachi portion (R) -- decoupled and stopped on the tracks in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, between Furukawa and Sendai stations on Sept. 19, 2024.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Tohoku Shinkansen Line bullet trains featuring Disney characters are pictured at JR Sendai Station in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Dec. 22, 2023. They started running between Sendai and Tokyo the same day to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Disney Resort.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Tohoku Shinkansen Line bullet trains featuring Disney characters are pictured at JR Sendai Station in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Dec. 22, 2023. They started running between Sendai and Tokyo the same day to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Disney Resort.

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Baseball: NPB season opener at new Hokkaido ballpark

Players of the Nippon Ham Fighters and the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles line up on the field of Es Con Field Hokkaido, the Fighters' new home in Kitahiroshima in Hokkaido, northern Japan, to sing Japan's national anthem ahead of Nippon Professional Baseball's season-opening game between the two on March 30, 2023.

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Train wire problems affect 220,000 passengers in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Dec. 16 Kyodo - People are forced to get off a train stopped in Kawasaki after overhead wire problems on the JR Keihin Tohoku line in this photo taken Dec. 16, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter. The problem caused major train delays, affecting an estimated 220,000 passengers, mainly in the Tokyo-Yokohama area.

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Train wire problems affect 220,000 passengers in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Dec. 16 Kyodo - People are forced to get off a train stopped in Kawasaki after overhead wire problems on the JR Keihin Tohoku line in this photo taken Dec. 16, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter. The problem caused major train delays, affecting an estimated 220,000 passengers, mainly in the Tokyo-Yokohama area.

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JR East shows off elevated section in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. shows an elevated part of the Tohoku Jukan Line in Tokyo on July 12, 2014, ahead of the start of its commercial operation from spring 2015.

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JR East shows off elevated section of Tohoku Jukan Line

TOKYO, Japan - Children walk on an elevated railroad track of the Tohoku Jukan Line in Tokyo on July 12, 2014, unveiled by East Japan Railway Co. The line is scheduled to begin commercial operation from spring 2015.

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Power-accumulating train starts operating in Tochigi Pref.

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - The "Accum" power accumulating train departs JR Utsunomiya Station in Tochigi Prefecture on March 15, 2014, becoming the first of its kind to operate in Japan. East Japan Railway Co.'s Accum will accumulate electricity while running on the electric-powered Tohoku Line and use the stored battery to run on the Karasuyama Line, which has not yet been wired up.

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Tohoku Shinkansen train line marks 30th anniversary

SAITAMA, Japan - An original Yamabiko train leaves for a commemorative run after a ceremony at JR Omiya Station in Saitama Prefecture on June 23, 2012, to mark 30 years in service of the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train connecting Tokyo and the northeastern Tohoku region.

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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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Tokyo-Sendai bullet train service resumed

SENDAI, Japan - A passenger looks at temporary housing units in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami on April 25, 2011, from the window of a bullet train. The Tohoku Shinkansen Line service between Sendai and Fukushima stations resumed the same day for the first time since the March 11 disaster devastated a wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan, linking Tokyo and Sendai, the Miyagi capital.

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Tokyo-Sendai bullet train service resumed

SENDAI, Japan - The Yamabiko No. 304 bullet train bound for Tokyo enters Sendai station in Miyagi Prefecture on the morning of April 25, 2011. East Japan Railway Co. resumed service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Sendai and Fukushima stations the same day, linking Tokyo and the Miyagi capital for the first time since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated a wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan.

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Tohoku Shinkansen Line partially resumes service

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Passengers wait on a platform as a bullet train arrives at JR Fukushima Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on April 12, 2011. East Japan Railway Co. resumed train runs between Nasushiobara Station in Tochigi Prefecture and Fukushima Station on the shinkansen line after suspending the service following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Repairing bullet train line

SENDAI, Japan - A worker repairs a quake-hit elevated bridge of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line bullet train service in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was struck by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Repairing bullet train line

SENDAI, Japan - Workers repair a quake-hit elevated railway track of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line bullet train service in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was struck by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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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 - Railway fans fill the platform of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line at JR Tokyo Station on March 5, 2011, to see the new Hayabusa bullet train that debuted the same day.

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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 leaves JR Tokyo Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on March 5, 2011. The green train, which debuted the same day, is the first new model deployed by the service's operator, East Japan Railway Co., since December 1997. It can travel at speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour and it has the longest nose of any shinkansen at 15 meters.

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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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Luxury seats on Hayabusa bullet train

TOKYO, Japan - Children try out leather reclining chairs in a corner reproducing the interior of East Japan Railway Co.'s Hayabusa bullet train's new luxury seats, during a promotional event at JR Tokyo Station on Feb. 3, 2011. The train, which debuts March 5 on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, will offer ''GranClass'' services using the chairs and also including meals, beverages, blankets, slippers, newspapers and magazines, intended to rank with airlines' first-class seats. They will be available for an additional 9,000 to 10,000 yen on top of regular fares.

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Tohoku Shinkansen service suspended

TOKYO, Japan - Shinkansen bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line was suspended between Tokyo and Morioka stations due to a broken cable and a signal failure, affecting 33,000 passengers on Jan. 15, 2011.

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1st-class seats on Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - Photo shows seats in the GranClass first-class car of East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa bullet train, which was opened to the media on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.