Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 1 Kyodo - Train cars featuring a commemorative head mark and covered in film sheets with a special design run through central Tokyo on the iconic Yamanote loop line, marking the centenary of the start of its loop operation on Nov. 1, 2025. (Kyodo)

Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

People at JR Ikebukuro Station take photos of train cars featuring a commemorative head mark and covered in film sheets with a special design on Tokyo's iconic Yamanote loop line, marking the centenary of the start of its loop operation on Nov. 1, 2025.

Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

Train cars featuring a commemorative head mark and covered in film sheets with a special design run through central Tokyo on the iconic Yamanote loop line, marking the centenary of the start of its loop operation on Nov. 1, 2025.

Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

Train cars featuring a commemorative head mark and covered in film sheets with a special design run through central Tokyo on the iconic Yamanote loop line, marking the centenary of the start of its loop operation on Nov. 1, 2025.

Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

Train cars featuring a commemorative head mark and covered in film sheets with a special design run through central Tokyo on the iconic Yamanote loop line, marking the centenary of the start of its loop operation on Nov. 1, 2025.

Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

Train cars featuring a commemorative head mark and covered in film sheets with a special design run through central Tokyo on the iconic Yamanote loop line, marking the centenary of the start of its loop operation on Nov. 1, 2025.

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

TOKYO, Japan, May 23 Kyodo - A signage at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo notifies passengers of the suspension of the busy Yamanote Line on the morning of May 23, 2025, following problems with some pantographs the previous night. (Kyodo)

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

A sign at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo notifies passengers of the suspension of the outer loop of the busy Yamanote Line late on the night of May 22, 2025, following problems with some pantographs.

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

A sign at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo notifies passengers of the suspension of the outer loop of the busy Yamanote Line late on the night of May 22, 2025, following problems with some pantographs.

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

A signage at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo notifies passengers of the suspension of the busy Yamanote Line on the morning of May 23, 2025, following problems with some pantographs the previous night.

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

A signage at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo notifies passengers of the suspension of the busy Yamanote Line on the morning of May 23, 2025, following problems with some pantographs the previous night.

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

People walk at around ticket gates of JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on May 23, 2025. Train services on the busy Yamanote Line in downtown Tokyo resumed in the morning after operations were suspended following problems with some pantographs the previous night.

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

A train is stopped on the outer loop track of the busy Yamanote Line at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo in the late night of May 22, 2025, following problems with some pantographs.

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

A train is stopped on the outer loop track of the busy Yamanote Line at JR Shibuya Station in Tokyo in the early hours of May 23, 2025, following problems with some pantographs.

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line begins

Services were suspended on a portion of Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line Saturday due to track-switching construction work at the busy Shibuya Station, with the disruption to last the whole weekend. Services on the "outer loop," or clockwise direction, between Osaki and Ikebukuro stations were halted from the first train, affecting around 530,000 passengers, according to train operator East Japan Railway Co. Normal operations will resume from the first train on Monday. The suspension is part of ongoing construction work at Shibuya Station and its surrounding area. The operator aims to switch from two platforms for the inner and outer loops to a single Yamanote Line platform, thereby easing passenger congestion and increasing convenience for transfers.

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line

Two-day track-switching construction work begins at JR Shibuya Station on Jan. 7, 2023, leaving services on a portion of Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line suspended for the whole weekend.

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line

Two-day track-switching construction work begins at JR Shibuya Station on Jan. 7, 2023, leaving services on a portion of Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line suspended for the whole weekend.

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line

Two-day track-switching construction work begins at JR Shibuya Station on Jan. 7, 2023, leaving services on a portion of Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line suspended for the whole weekend.

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line

Two-day track-switching construction work begins at JR Shibuya Station on Jan. 7, 2023, leaving services on a portion of Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line suspended for the whole weekend.

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line

Two-day track-switching construction work begins at JR Shibuya Station on Jan. 7, 2023, leaving services on a portion of Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line suspended for the whole weekend.

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line

Two-day track-switching construction work begins at JR Shibuya Station on Jan. 7, 2023, leaving services on a portion of Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line suspended for the whole weekend.

JR East studying building new station on Yamanote Line

JR East studying building new station on Yamanote Line

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 4, 2012, shows a part of the Yamanote commuter rail loop line between JR Shinagawa and Tamachi stations, both in Tokyo's Minato Ward. East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, envisions building a new station between those two stations, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

JR East studying building new station on Yamanote Line

JR East studying building new station on Yamanote Line

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 4, 2012, shows a part of the Yamanote commuter rail loop line between JR Shinagawa (bottom) and Tamachi stations, both in Tokyo's Minato Ward. East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, envisions building a new station between those two stations, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

Train supporting Japan's Olympics team begins running in Tokyo

Train supporting Japan's Olympics team begins running in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 1 Kyodo - A train decorated with photos, messages and other items in support of Japanese athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics is unveiled to the press in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2016, ahead of the Summer Games starting Aug. 5. The train, whose floor is designed after venues for track and field, volleyball and other Olympic events, began running on the JR Yamanote Line in Tokyo as a special service until Aug. 25. On Aug. 26, the train's decorations will be revamped in support of Japanese athletes taking part in the Paralympics in Rio and it will run on the loop line until Sept. 15.

Train with pictures of Tokyo Station's 100 years to run

Train with pictures of Tokyo Station's 100 years to run

TOKYO, Japan - A JR Yamanote Line train, displaying pictures of the 100-year history of Tokyo Station instead of advertisements, is shown to the press in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Dec. 17, 2014, ahead of its operation on the loop rail line from the following day through New Year's Day. The special train will run to commemorate the station's centennial on Dec. 20.

Train with pictures of Tokyo Station's 100 years to run

Train with pictures of Tokyo Station's 100 years to run

TOKYO, Japan - A JR Yamanote Line train, displaying pictures of the 100-year history of Tokyo Station instead of advertisements, is shown to the press in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Dec. 17, 2014, ahead of its operation on the loop rail line from the following day through New Year's Day. The special train will run to commemorate the station's centennial on Dec. 20.

Train covered with Tokyo Station's color on 100th anniv.

Train covered with Tokyo Station's color on 100th anniv.

TOKYO, Japan - Cars of a Yamanote Line train, wrapped with film sheets having the same color as Tokyo Station's redbrick facade to mark the 100th anniversary of the commuter hub, are shown to the press at a railway yard in the Japanese capital on Oct. 9, 2014.

Train covered with Tokyo Station's color on 100th anniv.

Train covered with Tokyo Station's color on 100th anniv.

TOKYO, Japan - A worker of East Japan Railway Co. covers a Yamanote Line train car with film sheets having the same color as Tokyo Station's redbrick facade to mark the 100th anniversary of the commuter hub at a railway yard in the Japanese capital on Oct. 9, 2014.

Brick-red train to mark centenary of Tokyo Station

Brick-red train to mark centenary of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. announces on Sept. 3, 2014, in Tokyo that it will decorate one of its 11-coach trains running on Tokyo's Yamanote Line with a brick-red design, like this artist's image, between October and next March as part of an event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Station on Dec. 20.

Takarazuka Revue posters hung in Yamanote Line train

Takarazuka Revue posters hung in Yamanote Line train

TOKYO, Japan - Posters of past major performances of the all-female Takarazuka Revue musical theater troupe are hung in a train on the JR Yamanote Line in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the organization's founding.

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya pose for photos on a platform at JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013, ahead of getting aboard a Yamanote Line train entirely reserved for their wedding ceremony while making a circuit on the loop line. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony on the running train.

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya pose for photos after their wedding ceremony on a running Yamanote Line train in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony conducted while the train, entirely reserved for the event, made a circuit on the loop line. (Pool photo)

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya are pictured after their wedding ceremony on a running Yamanote Line train in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony conducted while the train, entirely reserved for the event, made a circuit on the loop line. (Pool photo)

Old Yamanote Line train replica marks line's centennial

Old Yamanote Line train replica marks line's centennial

TOKYO, Japan - A replica of an old train on the Yamanote Line arrives at JR Yurakucho Station in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2009, as East Japan Railway Co. began running it to commemorate the centennial of naming the Tokyo line. The dark brown train, which resembles the type of train used until around 50 years ago, will run on the Yamanote Line through Dec. 4.

Commuters stranded by thundering rainstorm in Tokyo

Commuters stranded by thundering rainstorm in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters are stranded at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on July 29 as a thundering rainstorm knocked out train service of the busy JR Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines. The downpour also halted the Shinkansen bullet train service between Shinagawa in Tokyo and Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture and cut short a pre-Olympic soccer game in Tokyo between Japan and Argentina.

Tokyo trains halted, more than 1,000 walk on tracks to station

Tokyo trains halted, more than 1,000 walk on tracks to station

TOKYO, Japan - Workers conduct operations near Takadanobaba Station on April 24 to resume stalled train services on Tokyo's Yamanote loop lines. East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said an abnormality that lead to the standstill may have been caused by construction work on a road that runs below the tracks (bottom).

Tokyo trains halted, more than 1,000 walk on tracks to station

Tokyo trains halted, more than 1,000 walk on tracks to station

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers walk to nearby Takadanobaba Station as train services on Tokyo's Yamanote loop lines were halted Jan. 24. East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said an abnormality that lead to the standstill may have been caused by construction work on a road that runs below the tracks.

Train runs on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line temporarily halted

Train runs on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line temporarily halted

TOKYO, Japan - Over 1,000 passengers arrive at Tokyo's Takadanobaba Station on foot on April 24 after their train on the Yamanote loop line stopped near the station due to a track-related problem. Because of the problem, possibly caused by construction work on a road running below the tracks, JR East temporarily suspended for checks all train services on the double-track line.

Tokyo's Yamanote Line stopped due to loose power cable

Tokyo's Yamanote Line stopped due to loose power cable

TOKYO, Japan - Workers check power cables on a JR Yamanote Line train at Tokyo Station on Nov. 7 after train operations on the busy circular line that connects Tokyo's main city centers stopped for more than five hours, including morning rush hours, due to a loosening of an overhead power cable.

New train model introduced on JR Yamanote Line in Tokyo

New train model introduced on JR Yamanote Line in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) introduces a new train with more roomy carriages (photo) on its Yamanote Line in central Tokyo on April 21 to reduce congestion. The carriage floors are 15 centimeters wider than in the previous model and full introduction will reduce congestion by 10%.

Parents of student killed by train receive gratitude message

Parents of student killed by train receive gratitude message

TOKYO, Japan - Parents (R) of 26-year-old South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, who was run over by a train in Tokyo, receive a message of gratitude from Hidetoshi Kagawa, chief of the Shinjuku Police Station in Tokyo, at a funeral ceremony in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, were struck and killed by a rush-hour commuter train on the Yamanote loop line while trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen off a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station.

Security camera inside Tokyo train

Security camera inside Tokyo train

File photo taken in May 2018 shows a security camera installed inside a train of East Japan Railway Co.'s Yamanote loop line running in central Tokyo area.

Part of Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line to be suspended for 2 days

A section of Tokyo's Yamanote loop line was suspended Saturday due to track switching construction work slated to last through the weekend, the longest such suspension on the line since the launch of its operator JR East. Services on the inner loop between Ikebukuro and Osaki stations, which include the busy JR Shibuya Station, were halted from the first train on Saturday and will be suspended through the last train on Sunday. The move is expected to affect a total of 540,000 passengers, or up to 865,000 people in prepandemic conditions, according to the train operator. The operator aims to widen a platform at Shibuya Station by around 5 meters, with plans on additional work on the outer loop platform in the future. It said once completed, the inner and outer platforms at the station will be connected, thereby easing passenger congestion and increasing convenience for transfers.

JR Yamanote loop line in Tokyo

JR Yamanote loop line in Tokyo

Photo taken Oct. 22, 2021, shows a Yamanote Line platform at JR Shibuya Station in Tokyo. East Japan Railway Co. plans to suspend operations of part of the inner loop services of the Yamanote Line for two days from Oct. 23 due to construction at the station.

JR East Japan App

JR East Japan App

A smartphone application created by JR East. It provides near real-time information about the congestion on the Yamanote Line and at some stations. The purpose is to secure social distance in the crowded train and to ease the crowding. (June 10, 2020, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

JR East Japan App

JR East Japan App

A smartphone application created by JR East. It provides near real-time information about the congestion on the Yamanote Line and at some stations. The purpose is to secure social distance in the crowded train and to ease the crowding. (June 10, 2020, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

JR East Japan App

JR East Japan App

A smartphone application created by JR East. It provides near real-time information about the congestion on the Yamanote Line and at some stations. The purpose is to secure social distance in the crowded train and to ease the crowding. (June 10, 2020, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

JR East Japan App

JR East Japan App

A smartphone application created by JR East. It provides near real-time information about the congestion on the Yamanote Line and at some stations. The purpose is to secure social distance in the crowded train and to ease the crowding. (June 10, 2020, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Cable-supporting posts collapse in Tokyo

Cable-supporting posts collapse in Tokyo

Photo taken on April 12, 2015, shows collapsed cable-supporting posts on the railway tracks between JR Kanda and Akihabara stations in central Tokyo. The collapse suspended part of the operations of the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines for more than nine hours. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo