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10 rail sections out of service for over a month in flood-hit region

Torrential rain severed train lines operated by West Japan Railway Co. in western Japan. everal months will be needed to restore all train services on the Sanyo Line in the flood-damaged Chugoku region, West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) said. For the Geibi Line, it will take almost a year for full operations to resume. JR West said July 11 that nine of the railway lines it runs in western Japan were damaged in the torrential rain. Ten now-inoperable sections will require more than a month of repair work. The Sanyo Shinkansen Line escaped serious damage in the disaster and has been operating between Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka Prefecture and Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Torrential rain severed train lines operated by West Japan Railway Co. in western Japan. everal months will be needed to restore all train services on the Sanyo Line in the flood-damaged Chugoku region, West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) said. For the Geibi Line, it will take almost a year for full operations to resume. JR West said July 11 that nine of the railway lines it runs in western Japan were damaged in the torrential rain. Ten now-inoperable sections will require more than a month of repair work. The Sanyo Shinkansen Line escaped serious damage in the disaster and has been operating between Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka Prefecture and Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture.
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Credit:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
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998042580
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
Date created:
July 11, 2018
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00:00:40:20
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Hiroshima, Japan
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
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20180711jrsanyolinebroken.mov