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Yamanote Line closed all days on this weedend – Final stage of Shibuya improving work

November 17, 2023November 16, 2023 横山勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi

JR East has been progressing with Shibuya Station improvement work in stages since 2015, and will cancel the Yamanote Line trains in some sections for the entire days from the first train on November 18 (Sat), 2023 to the last train on 19 (Sun), in order to carry out tracks switching work.

“YUFUIN NO MORI” will soon be back again – JR Kyushu restores damages by heavy rain

July 20, 2023July 19, 2023 横山勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi

JR Kyushu has announced that the Kyudai Line will resume operation on all lines from the first train on July 20, 2023 (Thu), which has been suspended in two sections due to the damage to track equipment caused by heavy rain.

Minamiaso Railway overcomes the earthquake – Restarting full operation after 7 years

July 10, 2023July 10, 2023 横山勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi

Minamiaso Railway, which suffered severe damage to its track facilities due to the Kumamoto Earthquake that occurred in April 2016, will resume operation on all lines on July 15, 2023 (Sat) under a new management system.

Minamiaso Railway new diesel car unvailed – Restoring from the Kumamoto earthquake

January 10, 2023January 6, 2023 横山勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi

Minamiaso Railway has introduced two new diesel trains, the MT-4000 series, with multilingual guidance and barrier-free access, ahead of the full line opening scheduled for the summer of 2023.

Yamanote Line will be partly closed for 2 days – Track works at Shibuya on January 8-9

January 4, 2023December 30, 2022 横山勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi

As part of the Shibuya Station improvement work, JR East will suspend or reduce the number of trains on the Yamanote Line from the first train on January 7 (Sat) to the last train on 8 (Sun), 2023, in order to switch the track of the Yamanote Line Outer Circle.

Peach’s international flights revives on August – “Osaka-Seoul” route is ready to restart

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 横山勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi

Peach Aviation, which had suspended all international flights due to the expansion of COVID-19, will resume operations of “Osaka (Kansai) – Seoul (Incheon) route” on August 28, 2022 (Sun).

Seoul Metro reopens midnight train services – Korea’s COVID-19 controls quite cleared

June 15, 2022June 14, 2022 横山勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi

Following the lifting of the epidemic prevention measures for COVID-19 in South Korea, Seoul Metro and the Korail Corporation are gradually resuming late-night operation on subway lines in the Seoul metropolitan area.

Daylight “HARUKA” train restart to Kansai Airport – Link to accepting tourists into Japan

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 横山勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi

From July 1, 2022 (Fri), JR West will resume operation of some limited express “HARUKA” trains, which has been canceled during the daytime due to the effects of COVID-19.

Kamikochi Line will restart full operation on June – Damaged by the heavy rain in 2021

May 12, 2022May 9, 2022 横山勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi

Alpico Kotsu will resume operation of all lines from June 10, 2022 (Fri) on the Kamikochi Line, which has been disrupted for partial sections due to the heavy rain in August 2021.

Nankai resumed “rapi:t” canceled by COVID-19 – Kansai Airport passengers on the rise

May 10, 2022May 9, 2022 横山勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi

Nankai Electric Railway has resumed fully operation of the Limited Express “rapi:t” for the first time in about two years, which had been canceled due to the influence of COVID-19.