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Changed the boundary between JR Shikoku and Asa Seaside Railway from Kaifu Station to Awa-Kainan Station
November 2, 2020
Resumes operation for the first time in 4 months between Yatsushiro and Sashiki on the Hisatsu Orange Railway
November 2, 2020
Resumes operation for the first time in a year between Tomino and Marumori on the Abukuma Kyuko Line
November 2, 2020
New station “Minami-yorii” opened between Tobu-Takezawa and Obusuma on the Tobu Tojo Line
November 2, 2020
Pre-operation of “TOKYO BRT” connecting Tokyo downtown and the coastal areas started
October 1, 2020
Operation resumed on JR Iida Line between Misakubo and Hiraoka (updated on September 28, 2020)
September 28, 2020
Operation resumed on Ōigawa Railway Ōigawa Line between Ieyama and Senzu (updated on August 31, 2020)
September 12, 2020
Disrupted operation on partial sections of JR Kyūdai Line and Hisatsu Line (updated on August 31, 2020)
August 31, 2020
Resumed operation of JR Geibi Line between Miyoshi and Shimo-fukawa (updated on August 15, 2020)
August 15, 2020
Resumed operation of JR Hōhi Line between Higo-ōzu and Aso after 4 years and 4 months
August 8, 2020
Outlook for restarting operation on partial section of Hisatsu Orange Railway (updated on August 5, 2020)
August 5, 2020
Operation resumed on Hakone Tozan Railway between Hakone-yumoto and Gōra
July 23, 2020
Operation resumed on JR Yosan Line between Uchiko and Iyo-ōzu (updated on July 20, 2020)
July 20, 2020
Kumagawa Railroad is disrupted until restoration between Hitoyoshionsen and Yunomae (updated on July 18, 2020)
July 18, 2020
Operation resumed on Heisei Chikuho Railway Tagawa Line between Saigawa and Yusubaru (updated on July 18, 2020)
July 18, 2020
Eizan Railway Kurama Line between Ichihara and Kurama disrupted until restoration
July 11, 2020
New station Toranomon Hills opens on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
July 6, 2020
Hokushin Kyūkō Railway was municipalized and started operating as the Kobe City Subway Hokushin Line
June 1, 2020
‘Shin-tarō’ – New station on Sanriku Railway Rias Line has launched business
May 18, 2020
Operation resumed between Tōjō and Bingo-ochiai stations on JR Geibi Line
April 24, 2020
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