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The six JR Group passenger railway companies will revise their timetables on March 18, 2023 (Sat), speeding up and increasing the number of trains on the Shinkansen, opening new stations on conventional lines, and improving transportation through the progress of double-tracking.
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JR East will start remodeling the diesel hybrid trains “Resort ASNARO”, which is operated on the Ominato Line, etc., and introduce them to the Tohoku area as two new types of sightseeing trains.
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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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On October 1, 2022 (Sun), JR East, JR Hokkaido, and JR West renewed the on-board services provided in the ‘Gran Class,’ the highest seats on the Tohoku-Hokkaido and Hokuriku Shinkansen.
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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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On April 14, 2022 (Thu), JR East will resume operation of all sections of the Tohoku Shinkansen, which had been suspended between Fukushima and Sendai due to the impact of the earthquake.
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JR East announced that it plans to resume operation of the Tohoku Shinkansen, which is partially closed due to the earthquake that occurred off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, from April 14, 2022 (Thu).
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JR East will resume operation of the Tohoku Shinkansen, which has been disrupted between Koriyama and Ichinoseki due to the impact of the earthquake, from the section where restoration has been completed.
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A new station, ‘Shin-tarō Station (新田老)’, has been established between Settai and Tarō stations (Iwate) on the Sanriku Railway Rias Line, and started business on May 18, 2020. The station was planned as a new base for Miyako City and was integrated with the new building of Taro General Office of Miyako City. The platform is directly connected to the 3rd floor of the building and is accessible to people using an elevator.
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The service was resumed on March 20, 2020, between Kamaishi (Iwate) and Rikuchū-yamada (Iwate) stations on the Sanriku Railway Rias Line, which had been cut off due to Typhoon 19 in 2019. The Rias line was suffered a number of damage to tracks and tunnels, and has resumed operation sequentially from the section where it was restored. After the restoration of the last section, operation was resumed on all line.
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