JR East to Suspend or Reduce Train Services Across Greater Tokyo and Tohoku Due to Heavy Rain

JR East to Suspend or Reduce Train Services Across Greater Tokyo and Tohoku Due to Heavy Rain

JR East will suspend or reduce train services across wide areas of the Greater Tokyo and Tohoku regions from the night of September 6 through September 7 due to heavy rain.

On September 7, services will be reduced throughout the day on major Greater Tokyo lines, including the Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Chuo Line Rapid Service, Chuo-Sobu Line local service, Tokaido Line (between Tokyo and Odawara stations), Yokosuka Line, Sobu Line Rapid Service, Utsunomiya Line, Takasaki Line, Saikyo Line, Musashino Line, Keiyo Line, Joban Line, Nambu Line, Yokohama Line, and Kawagoe Line. JR East is asking passengers to refrain from coming to stations, as congestion within station premises is expected.

Services will be suspended for the entire day on the Joban Line (between Hitachi and Sendai stations), Suigun Line, Mito Line (between Oyama and Tomobe stations), Karasuyama Line, Hachiko Line (between Yorii and Komagawa stations), Ome Line (between Ome and Okutama stations), Koumi Line (between Kobuchizawa and Nakagomi stations), Tohoku Main Line (between Kuroiso and Shin-Shirakawa stations, and between Koriyama and Iwanuma stations), Banetsu West Line (between Koriyama and Aizu-Wakamatsu stations), Banetsu East Line, Ou Main Line (Yamagata Line; between Niwazaka and Yonezawa stations), and Senzan Line. The Tokaido Line (between Odawara and Atami stations) will be suspended from the first train until around 7:00 p.m.; the Chuo Main Line (between Takao and Kobuchizawa stations) from the first train until around 6:00 p.m.; and the Tohoku Main Line (between Shin-Shirakawa and Koriyama stations) from the first train until around 6:00 p.m. The Shonan-Shinjuku Line will be suspended from the first train until around 5:00 p.m., while through services to the Sotetsu Line will be suspended from the first train until around 3:00 p.m.

The Sobu Main Line (between Sakura and Choshi stations), Sotobo Line (between Honda and Awa-Kamogawa stations), Uchibo Line (between Kimitsu and Awa-Kamogawa stations), Narita Line, Togane Line, and Kashima Line (between Sawara and Kashima-Jingu stations) will be suspended from the first train until around the evening. The Kururi Line (between Kisarazu and Kururi stations) will also be suspended from the first train until around the evening. The Kururi Line between Kururi and Kazusa-Kameyama stations will be suspended for the entire day.

In the Tohoku area, services on the Tohoku Main Line (between Sendai and Ichinoseki stations, and between Iwakiri and Rifu stations) will be suspended from around noon. Services on the Senseki Line (between Higashi-Shiogama and Ishinomaki stations), Ishinomaki Line, and Kesennuma Line will be suspended from around 9:00 a.m. until the last train. The Tadami Line (between Aizu-Wakamatsu and Oshirakawa stations) will be suspended from the first train until around 3:00 p.m.

Among limited express services, the overnight limited express Sunrise Seto/Izumo departing on September 6 will be suspended over its entire route in both directions. On September 7, 13 Azusa and nine Shiosai limited express services will be suspended over their entire routes. All Saphir Odoriko, Spacia Nikko, and Kusatsu-Shima services will also be suspended over their entire routes. Twelve Hitachi limited express services will be partially suspended between Iwaki and Katsuta stations.

On the night of September 6, services on the Ito Line were suspended from around 8:00 p.m. Services on the Tokaido Line (between Odawara and Atami stations), Uchibo Line (between Kimitsu and Awa-Kamogawa stations), and Sotobo Line (between Honda and Awa-Kamogawa stations) were also suspended.

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