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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Tokaido Shinkansen back on track day after outage

People crowd JR Nagoya Station on Sunday afternoon. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

The Tokaido Shinkansen line, which was suspended for about four hours due to a power outage on Sunday afternoon, was back to regular operation from the first train Monday.

The outage occurred at around 1 p.m. Sunday in a section between Toyohashi and Nagoya stations. According to Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai), 74 Shinkansen trains were suspended on both inbound and outbound lines. A total of 114 trains were delayed for up to 4-1/2 hours, affecting about 110,000 passengers.

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