
JR Kyushu to Resume Kyushu Shinkansen Service Between Shin-Minamata and Kagoshima-Chuo from August 7
JR East Japan has announced that train operations on certain lines along the Pacific coast will be suspended until the last train on July 30 due to the issuance of a tsunami warning.
The affected lines are: Tokaido Line (Tokyo~Atami station), Yokosuka Line (Ofuna~Kurihama station), Shonan-Shinjuku Line (Ikebukuro~Odawara station, Ikebukuro~Zushi station), Sotobo Line (Mobara~Awa-Kamogawa station), Uchibo Line (Kimitsu~Awa-Kamogawa station), Ito Line (Atami~Ito station), Tohoku Main Line (Shiroishi~Natori station, Iwakiri~Kogota station), Joban Line (Tokai~Sendai station), Senseki Line, Senseki-Tohoku Line, Ishinomaki Line (Maeyachi~Onagawa station), Ban’etsu East Line (Ono-Shimmachi~Iwaki station), Kamaishi Line (Tono~Kamaishi station), Yamada Line (Kamiyone~Miyako station), Hachinohe Line, Ominato Line, Tsugaru Line (including substitute buses), Kesennuma Line BRT, Ofunato Line BRT, Ou Main Line (Shin-Aomori~Aomori station), WanTaku (free and scheduled services).
Operations are expected to resume once tsunami warnings and evacuation orders for railway facilities are lifted and it is deemed safe.