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A Blackout During The First Shinkansen Emergency Drills

AOMORI, JAPAN – FEB. 9: In anticipation of the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line in March, emergency drills were conducted for the first time by Hokkaido Railway Company and East Japan Railway Company- using the Shinkansen rail cars in the Seikan Tunnel(53.85 km) - before dawn on February 9. However, because the Shinkansen suffered a blackout, operations were subject to emergency shutdown. The cause was said to be an error which occurred in the switching of transmission of power by Hokkaido Railway Company .
AOMORI, JAPAN – FEB. 9: In anticipation of the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line in March, emergency drills were conducted for the first time by Hokkaido Railway Company and East Japan Railway Company- using the Shinkansen rail cars in the Seikan Tunnel(53.85 km) - before dawn on February 9. However, because the Shinkansen suffered a blackout, operations were subject to emergency shutdown. The cause was said to be an error which occurred in the switching of transmission of power by Hokkaido Railway Company .
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Credit:
Kyodo News Video
Editorial #:
509462510
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Kyodo News
Date created:
February 09, 2016
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00:02:19:11
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Sotogahama-machi, Aomori, Japan
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Kyodo News
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