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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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Shinkansen services disrupted due to maintain vehicle derailment

GAMAGORI, Japan, July 22 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 22, 2024, shows two maintenance vehicles that derailed in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, after colliding with each other earlier in the day on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train tracks between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo stations in the central Japan prefecture, resulting in the suspension of trains from the day's first services. (Kyodo)

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Shinkansen services disrupted due to maintain vehicle derailment

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 22, 2024, shows two maintenance vehicles that derailed in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, after colliding with each other earlier in the day on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train tracks between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo stations in the central Japan prefecture, resulting in the suspension of trains from the day's first services.

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Shinkansen services disrupted due to maintain vehicle derailment

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 22, 2024, shows two maintenance vehicles that derailed in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, after colliding with each other earlier in the day on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train tracks between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo stations in the central Japan prefecture, resulting in the suspension of trains from the day's first services.

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Shinkansen services disrupted due to maintain vehicle derailment

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 22, 2024, shows two maintenance vehicles that derailed in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, after colliding with each other earlier in the day on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train tracks between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo stations in the central Japan prefecture, resulting in the suspension of trains from the day's first services.

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High-Speed Train Maintenance Base - China

An aerial drone photo taken on June 14, 2024 shows two bullet trains at the Tianfu high-speed train maintenance base in Tianfu New Area of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Tianfu high-speed train maintenance base, covering an area of about 2,090 Mu (about 139 hectares), was put into use here Friday. Jointly constructed by China Railway 19th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. and China Railway Construction Electrification Bureau Group Co., Ltd., the base could undertake the maintenance work of 90 multiple-unit trains per day to its maximum operational capability. Photo by Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-TIANFU-HIGH-SPEED TRAIN-MAINTENANCE BASE-OPERATION (CN)

(240614) -- CHENGDU, June 14, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 14, 2024 shows two bullet trains at the Tianfu high-speed train maintenance base in Tianfu New Area of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Tianfu high-speed train maintenance base, covering an area of about 2,090 Mu (about 139 hectares), was put into use here Friday. Jointly constructed by China Railway 19th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. and China Railway Construction Electrification Bureau Group Co., Ltd., the base could undertake the maintenance work of 90 multiple-unit trains per day to its maximum operational capability. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Hongjing)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-TIANFU-HIGH-SPEED TRAIN-MAINTENANCE BASE-OPERATION (CN)

(240614) -- CHENGDU, June 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 14, 2024 shows two bullet trains at the Tianfu high-speed train maintenance base in Tianfu New Area of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Tianfu high-speed train maintenance base, covering an area of about 2,090 Mu (about 139 hectares), was put into use here Friday. Jointly constructed by China Railway 19th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. and China Railway Construction Electrification Bureau Group Co., Ltd., the base could undertake the maintenance work of 90 multiple-unit trains per day to its maximum operational capability. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

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2024 Spring Festival Transport Begins in Qingdao

Two bullet trains pick up passengers at Qingdao West Railway Station in East China's Shandong province, Jan 26, 2024.

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Two passengers from southeast China's Taiwan speak with their family in a video chat while taking the Fuxing bullet train G9801 on the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 28, 2023. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to jus

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET RAILWAY-BULLET TRAINS-LAUNCH (CN)

(230701) -- XINING, July 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Two railway police officers conduct safety check before the departure of Fuxing bullet train C891 on the Xining-Golmud section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province, July 1, 2023. The Fuxing bullet trains officially started operation on the Xining-Golmud section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway on Saturday. With a total operating length of 829 km, it starts from Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, in the east and passes through Huangyuan, Haiyan, Ulan, Delingha to Golmud Railway Station in the west, according to China Railway Qinghai-Tibet Group Co., Ltd. (Photo by Gao Shenyang/Xinhua)

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Bullet train collision in China

WENZHOU, China - A bullet train passes a bridge in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province, on July 25, 2011, the site of a collision of two bullet trains two days ago, while dismantlement of the trains in the collision is under way below the bridge. Dozens have been reported dead in the accident.

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Bullet train collision in China

WENZHOU, China - Part of a bullet train (bottom R) is apparently seen being buried on July 24, 2011, beside a bridge that became the site of a collision of two bullet trains and derailment the previous day in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province. Dozens have been reported dead in the accident.

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Bullet train collision in China

WENZHOU, China - A bullet train passes a bridge in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province, on July 25, 2011, the site of a collision of two bullet trains two days ago. Dozens have been reported dead in the accident.

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Train collision in China

WENZHOU, China - A victim of a collision between two bullet trains in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, is treated at a hospital in the Chinese city on July 24, 2011, a day after the fatal accident.

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Shinkansen services suspended in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Travelers question railway workers at Shin-Osaka Station on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line about the train schedule after a collision between two maintenance trains disrupted shinkansen bullet train services in western Japan on July 22, 2010.

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CHINA-XINJIANG-SLOW TRAIN SERVICE (CN)

(220430) -- KASHGAR, April 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows (top) a layer of sand on the junction of two train carriages as the train runs though areas hit by the ravaging wind-blown sand on April 27, 2022, and (bottom) a train steward cleaning the sand on the junction of two train carriages of a slow train running in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 27, 2022. As bullet trains zoom through stations in many parts of China, the seemingly outdated, rumbling slow-speed trains have continued to serve residents of remote areas with stable ticket prices and services. Though home to the world's most developed high-speed railway network, China still regularly operates 81 slow train services. The trains 7556/7557 and 7558/7555, running between Xinjiang's capital Urumqi and Hotan, are typical examples. The whole journey of the trains is 1,960 km, with 66 stops along the way. Since the trains' operation in June 2011, the fares have remained affordable for locals to help them sha

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3 dead, over 180 injured after M7.4 quake hits northeastern Japan

A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake off northeastern Japan late Wednesday left three people dead and more than 180 injured across 12 prefectures, and caused a high-speed shinkansen to derail. A Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train derailed between Fukushima Station and Shiroishizao Station, but all 78 passengers and crew members aboard were unharmed, according to East Japan Railway Co. JR East subsequently halted the operation of bullet trains between Nasushiobara Station and Morioka Station, and whether it can resume from next week remains unclear. The operator added that the bullet train service between Fukushima and Sendai stations running in that section is unlikely to resume within this month, pending restoration work. Shiroishizao Station is located between the two.

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New series of bullet trains launched

A new series of faster, quieter bullet trains begins service March 13 on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines linking Kyushu with Tokyo. The first runs of the new 700 series ''Nozomi'' bullet trains were launched with two trains departing on the early morning of March 13 from JR Tokyo Station and JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. ==Kyodo

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JR East to build Shinkansen trains capable of 400 kph

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will build two prototype Shinkansen bullet trains capable of reaching a top speed of 400 kilometers per hour (their images shown in photo), the railway operator said Feb. 10. JR East will give the trains test runs from 2005 to 2008 in northeastern Japan, aiming to launch them by 2013. Photo provided by JR East. (Kyodo)

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Bullet train services in northeastern Japan to mostly resume Wed.

SENDAI, Feb. 19 Kyodo - Shinkansen bullet train services disrupted in the wake of a powerful earthquake that struck northeastern Japan last weekend will be mostly resumed from the first train on Wednesday, operator East Japan Railway Co. said Friday. The resumption will come 10 days after the magnitude-7.3 temblor, which struck at 11:07 p.m. Saturday, damaged electricity poles and bridges on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line connecting the region with Tokyo. JR East said it will run the high-speed trains throughout its tracks from Wednesday morning but the total number of the trains will be limited to roughly two-thirds of the normal for a month or so because they have to slow down in parts that were recently repaired. The quake, which caused power and water outages across a wide area, damaged 2,649 houses across Fukushima, Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

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Security cameras to be installed in shinkansen cars

Central Japan Railway Co. President Koei Tsuge attends a press conference in Osaka on July 6, 2015, to announce that his company and West Japan Railway Co. will introduce more security cameras inside the cars of their shinkansen bullet trains in the wake of a suicide that left two dead and 26 others injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security cameras to be installed in shinkansen cars

Central Japan Railway Co. President Koei Tsuge attends a press conference in Osaka on July 6, 2015, to announce that his company and West Japan Railway Co. will introduce more security cameras inside the cars of their shinkansen bullet trains in the wake of a suicide that left two dead and 26 others injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shinkansen services suspended in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Travelers question railway workers at Shin-Osaka Station on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line about the train schedule after a collision between two maintenance trains disrupted shinkansen bullet train services in western Japan on July 22, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Bullet train collision in China

WENZHOU, China - A bullet train passes a bridge in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province, on July 25, 2011, the site of a collision of two bullet trains two days ago, while dismantlement of the trains in the collision is under way below the bridge. Dozens have been reported dead in the accident. (Kyodo)

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Bullet train collision in China

WENZHOU, China - Part of a bullet train (bottom R) is apparently seen being buried on July 24, 2011, beside a bridge that became the site of a collision of two bullet trains and derailment the previous day in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province. Dozens have been reported dead in the accident. (Kyodo)

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Bullet train collision in China

WENZHOU, China - A bullet train passes a bridge in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province, on July 25, 2011, the site of a collision of two bullet trains two days ago. Dozens have been reported dead in the accident. (Kyodo)

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Train collision in China

WENZHOU, China - A victim of a collision between two bullet trains in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, is treated at a hospital in the Chinese city on July 24, 2011, a day after the fatal accident. (Kyodo)

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New Train Diagram

Two bullet trains cross at Yantai Railway Station in east China's Shandong Province on April 9, 2021. A new train operation map will be implemented across China from 0:00 on April 10.

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New Train Diagram

Two bullet trains cross at Yantai Railway Station in east China's Shandong Province on April 9, 2021. A new train operation map will be implemented across China from 0:00 on April 10.

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New N700S bullet train

Photo taken on Oct. 30, 2019, shows two of the 165 security cameras on an N700S Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train, up from 105 cameras on existing shinkansen trains. The N700S train, operated by Central Japan Railway Co., will commence commercial service in July 2020 linking Tokyo with Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo-central Japan bullet train

A Kagayaki bullet train arrives at JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 25, 2019, as the Hokuriku Shinkansen line fully resumed services between Tokyo and the central Japan city of Kanazawa the same day, about two weeks after Typhoon Hagibis caused widespread damage to trains, rail tracks and signal equipment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo-central Japan bullet train

A Kagayaki bullet train arrives at JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 25, 2019, as the Hokuriku Shinkansen line fully resumed services between Tokyo and the central Japan city of Kanazawa the same day, about two weeks after Typhoon Hagibis caused widespread damage to trains, rail tracks and signal equipment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st female bullet train driver makes debut

TOKYO, Feb. 25 Kyodo - Rieko Tsujiuchi, the first woman in Japan to drive a bullet train, waits for a starting signal on Feb. 16 before pulling out of Tokyo Station at 10:31 a.m. at the controls of the Kodama No. 453 bullet train bound for Nagoya. Tsujiuchi is one of two women recently licensed by the Transport Ministry to operate bullet trains.