Tokaido Shinkansen Suspends Service After Maintenance Trains Collide; Restoration Work Expected to Continue Until Evening (Update 1)
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Restoration work is underway where two trains collided in Ganagori, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday.
11:44 JST, July 22, 2024
The Tokaido Shinkansen is not running between Hamamatsu and Nagoya stations after maintenance trains collided between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo stations on the line at around 3:35 a.m. on Monday.
According to Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai), restoration work is expected to continue until evening, and there is no estimate for when service will resume on the line.
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