
JR East Introduces New Reserved Seat Ticket Machines with Purpose-Specific Top Screen
JR East, JR West, and JR Hokkaido will operate additional Shinkansen (bullet train) services today, April 4th, in response to the reduced number of flights due to a fire at Haneda Airport.
On the Hokuriku Shinkansen line, the ‘Hakutaka 696’ service will run from Kanazawa Station to Tokyo Station. It departs Kanazawa Station at 7:38 PM and arrives at Tokyo Station at 10:20 PM. It stops at the following stations en route: Shin-Takaoka, Toyama, Joetsu-Myoko, Nagano, Omiya, and Ueno.
For the Hokkaido and Tohoku Shinkansen lines, ‘Hayate 546’ service will run from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station to Tokyo Station. It leaves Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station at 7:04 PM and reaches Tokyo Station at 11:36 PM. The train stops at these stations along the way: Shin-Aomori, Morioka, Sendai, Omiya, and Ueno.
Both trains will operate with all ordinary cars as unreserved seating.