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Suspected leaked chemical injures 6 passengers on Shinkansen

SENDAI—An apparent chemical leak on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line injured six passengers, including a child, on Oct. 9, but none of them were reported in serious condition. A call made to the 119 ...
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Quake-hit bullet train line to fully resume before Golden Week

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said it expects to resume full operations on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line around April 20 in time to meet demand for the peak Golden Week travel season following the ...
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Tohoku shinkansen back to normal operations for first time since March 11

The Tohoku shinkansen returned to normal operations between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori on Friday for the first time since the March 11 disaster. JR East said that the train now stops as usual in Sendai, ...
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Hayabusa shinkansen offers first class speed and service

The new high-speed train Tohoku Shinkansen E5 series, Hayabusa, which will debut on March 5, reached 300 km/h in a Sendai-Shin Aomori test run with 140 reporters onboard last week. The test run ...
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Tohoku Shinkansen bullet trains briefly suspended after traffic accident

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train services were temporarily suspended between Tokyo and Sendai stations on Monday morning following an accident, operator JR East said. The traffic ...