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Yomiuri Shimbun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yomiuri Shimbun
Retired T4 Doctor Yellow to Be Displayed at SCMAGLEV and Railway Park in Nagoya
The Yomiuri Shimbun The T3, right, and T4 Shinkansen Doctor Yellow inspection trains in Nagoya The T4 Doctor Yellow, an Shinkansen inspection train of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai), which retired in January, was unveiled to the press along with its predecessor, the T3, at SCMAGLEV and Railway Park in Nagoya. The T4 will be displayed at the museum beginning on June 14. Based on the 700 Series Shinkansen train car affectionately known as the 'platypus,' the T4 completed its final run between Hakata and Tokyo on Jan. 29. In preparation for display, the T4 was repainted and maintained at a factory in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, before being transported by land. Meanwhile, the T3, owned by West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) and based on the 0 Series Shinkansen, was moved to Train Park Hakusan in Ishikawa Prefecture, where it is slated for future exhibition. 'I feel the passage of time in this scene of old giving way to new. I hope the T4 train will become even more beloved by museum visitors,' said SCMAGLEV and Railway Park Director Hitoshi Okabe. The T5, also owned by JR West, is scheduled to be retired in 2027 or later.
02-05-2025
- Business
3 JR Firms Post Sales, Profit Growth
News from Japan Economy May 2, 2025 22:51 (JST) Tokyo, May 2 (Jiji Press)--Three Japan Railways Group firms reported sales and profit growth for the year ended in March thanks to brisk travel demand from visitors to the country. East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, saw its sales increase 5.8 pct from the previous year to 2,887.5 billion yen. Sales at Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, rose 7.1 pct to 1,831.8 billion yen. West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, posted a 4.5 pct increase in sales to 1,707.9 billion yen. JR Tokai and JR West saw their transportation service revenues exceed those in the year ended in March 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. JR East's transportation service revenues recovered to about 95 pct of the pre-pandemic level. JR Tokai's net profit rose 19.3 pct to 458.4 billion yen and JR West's net profit climbed 15.4 pct to 113.9 billion yen, both hitting record highs. JR East and JR West expect higher sales and profits for the year ending in March 2026, while JR Tokai estimates higher sales but lower profit due to higher labor costs. [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] Jiji Press
The Guardian
01-05-2025
- The Guardian
Snake on a train line: Japan's busiest bullet train route brought to a halt
Japan's busiest bullet train line was brought to a halt on Wednesday after a metre-long snake wrapped itself around a power line, shorting the electricity supply and stranding hundreds of passengers. Shinkansen trains running between Tokyo and Osaka were brought to a standstill by the snake, with news reports showing footage of people inside trains waiting for services to resume. Power did not appear to have been cut inside trains, with lights and air conditioning still functioning, according to passengers. The outage happened at 5.25pm between Maibara and Gifu-Hashima stations, after the snake appeared to have climbed an electricity pole, meeting its demise as it attempted to slither along the overhead line. Power was not restored until after 7pm. The Golden Week series of national holidays began on Wednesday, with millions on the move across Japan, returning to home towns and taking family vacations. In addition, the Osaka Expo 2025, which opened mid-April and runs until October, is attracting even more people than usual to the city. 'I use the shinkansen several times a month, but this is the first time I have experienced suspensions due to a power outage,' Satoshi Tagawa, 46, who was returning to Tokyo, told Kyodo News. The line connects Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka with more than 370 trains daily carrying an average of 430,000 passengers. Reaching speeds of up 285km per hour, it takes less than two and a half hours to Osaka from the Japanese capital. More than 7 billion passengers have ridden the tokaido shinkansen since it opened as Japan's first high-speed rail line just before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It has an exemplary safety record, with not a single injury or accident recorded, and trains running to within an average of 1.6 minutes of their scheduled times, according to operator Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai). However, it is not the first time reptiles have delayed shinkansen. A 40cm snake inside a carriage on a Nagoya to Tokyo service in April last year caused consternation among passengers. Staff were unable to find the creature, and the carriage was replaced, resulting in a 17-minute delay. In 2009, an electricity outage was also caused by a snake climbing on to power lines, stopping trains between Tokyo and Fukushima.
