Tokaido Shinkansen services disrupted all day (July 22)

[bikkuri bahn]

The main national news event today in Japan, especially as it's a Monday, and also many people are starting their summer holidays.

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Bullet train services between Nagoya and Hamamatsu were canceled throughout Monday due to an overnight collision of two railway maintenance vehicles, the operator said, which caused disruptions for many travelers and crowding at train stations.

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.

 

[kuro68000]

NHK has some coverage with a close-up of the two trains.

 

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240722_23/

[bc6]

Thank goodness for what sounds like minor injuries.