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As a new means of boarding without using a ticket, JR East will gradually expand the ride service using “QR code” to all lines from the Tohoku area from the late 2024.
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In order to resume international traffic of people, the Japanese government has relaxed border measures related to COVID-19 and started operation from Tuesday, October 11, 2022.
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JR East shifts the “Suigun Line Cycle Train” to an official service that can be used throughout the year from April 2022, which has undergone demonstration experiments.
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JR-East will newly operate the “Ao no Zekkei (The Blue Superb View) Nemophila” between Omiya and Katsuta as extra trains that matches the best time to see Nemophila.
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All flights to and from Ibaraki Airport has been suspended from February 1, 2021 (Monday).
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The Metropolitan Intercity Railway will release a special ticket “TX! 1-Day Open Ticket” that allows you to get on and off the all Tsukuba Express line for 1 day during the winter vacation.
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JR East Mito Branch Office announced that the train operation will resume by the end of March 2021 between Fukuroda Station and Hitachi-Daigo Station on the Suigun Line, which has been disrupted due to the Typhoon No. 19 in October 2019.
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The station name of Sanuki Station (Ibaraki) on JR Joban Line has been changed to ‘Ryugasakishi (龍ケ崎市) Station’ on March 14, 2020. Nevertheless, Sanuki Station of Kanto Railway Ryugasaki Line right next to it is not renamed, and will remain the same name.
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