Tokyo train halt operations at 2:46 on Sunday- drill/moment of silence

[bikkuri bahn]

In remembrance of the victims of the Tohoku disaster exactly a year ago.

news report:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQG8IFEtiOE&feature=player_embedded

 

Odakyu Line crossing near Shinjuku Station:

 

Keio Sagamihara Line (at 1:47):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw2nOh6inWw&feature=related

 

Seibu Ikebukuro Line (at 1:43):

 

Tokyo trains to halt at 2:46 p.m. for quake drill

Kyodo

Several major railways serving the greater Tokyo area will briefly halt their trains Sunday afternoon as part of disaster drills on the first anniversary of the Tohoku quake and tsunami disasters.

 

East Japan Railway Co. will not stop its trains Sunday, but each of the JR East branches planned tsunami drills Saturday and Monday and its employees were to offer silent prayers for the disaster victims.

 

On Sunday, Tokyu Corp., Sagami Railway Co. and four other private railway companies will stop their trains at 2:46 p.m., the time the earthquake hit eastern and northeastern Japan.

 

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120311a3.html