East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has announced that approximately 230,000 people were affected by the suspension of service on the Joban Rapid Line caused by a power outage that occurred on January 30.
The power outage occurred at 6:57 a.m. between Ueno and Kanamachi stations on the Joban Rapid Line, leading to the suspension of operations on the Joban Rapid Line, the Utsunomiya Line, and the Takasaki Line. Upon inspection, it was confirmed that the overhead contact wire above a train standing at Track 10 of Ueno Station had snapped.
At 7:53 a.m., JR East began evacuating passengers from trains that had stopped between stations within the affected section, and at 8:08 a.m. service resumed on the Utsunomiya Line and the Takasaki Line. The evacuation of passengers was completed at 10:31 a.m. Equipment inspections and restoration work were completed at 1:52 p.m., and operations on the Joban Rapid Line were resumed.
Among the passengers, six people were confirmed to be in poor physical condition or injured. The cause of the overhead contact wire breakage is still under investigation. (Photo: JR East)
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