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The main national news event today in Japan, especially as it's a Monday, and also many people are starting their summer holidays. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/07/f2214434e689-update1-shinkansen-bullet-train-services-halted-between-tokyo-and-nagoya.html *Apparently a tractor pulling a several wagons of ballast collided head on with what appears to be a tamping machine, causing both vehicles to derail. As the derailment spot is located in a rather narrow cutting, a crane couldn't be maneuvered in to rerail the vehicles, and instead jacks were used for the process, taking extra time. *The 2 tph shuttle services were all-station stoppers, essentially Kodama services.

Forum members based in Japan may be interested in checking out the NHK program "100 kame" (one hundred cameras)- the topic of next weeks program (July 22, 7:57pm~) is a visit to Tokyo Metro's central traffic control center, the first time ever this facility has been featured in the media. Positioning multiple cameras at various vantage points, it aims to capture the day to day operations of this facility. including when the inevitable schedule disruption occurs. Also featured is Kotake Mukaihara station, featuring 34 switchpoints and 118 train arrivals/departures per 2 hour morning rush. Should be interesting, and may reveal some hitherto unknown (to the public) aspects of railway operations. https://www.nhk.jp/p/100cam/ts/QP8MPNM1GL/blog/bl/pG0anBl8J1/bp/pJLqwLxODP/