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Joetsu Shinkansen fully restored after earthquake damage

By and RAH2005-02-01T11:00:00

THROUGH services between Tokyo and Niigata on JR East’s Joetsu Shinkansen resumed on December 28, more than two months after a train travelling at around 200 km/h was derailed by an earthquake (RG 12.04 p826).

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