Tokyo-Osaka bullet train services partially suspended due to maintenance train collision


According to Central Japan Railway Co, two maintenance trains collided at 3.35am. - PHOTO: AFP

TOKYO (Japan News/ANN): The Tokaido Shinkansen service had been suspended between Tokyo and Nagoya stations on July 22, following the derailment of two maintenance trains in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture.

The service between Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture and Nagoya stations was still halted as of 11am. The restoration work is expected to continue until evening. It is unclear when the full service will resume.

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