Rail distorted due to heat wave Yamagata Shinkansen
Since the Yamagata Shinkansen was found to be distorted on rails in some sections of Yamagata Prefecture, it has been postponed on the upper and lower lines between Yonezawa Station and Yamagata Station after 4 pm. Rail distortion is considered to be the result of extreme heat, and JR is working on restoration work.
According to JR East etc., at around 3:30 pm, when the down train passed between Yonezawa Station and Okita Station on the Ou Main Line, the driver contacted us that an ordinary roll occurred.
As a result of the JR staff examining the vicinity, it was found that the rails were distorted, and the staff was working on the restoration.
In Yonezawa City, the highest temperature on the 6th is observed at 36 degrees and 6 minutes, and according to JR, the rail seems to be distorted due to the heat. As a result, the Yamagata Shinkansen running on the same track as the Ou Main Line has been postponing driving at the upper and lower lines between Yonezawa Station and Yamagata Station after 4 pm. JR has decided to transport approximately 300 passengers on the Yamagata Shinkansen by bus.
In JR Yonezawa Station, "Yamagata Shinkansen has postponed the operation. Operation prospect of resumption does not have standing" announcement flows that, or look at the patron of the station bulletin board, or by an inquiry to the station staff, the situation I was checking.
A man in his 40s who was returning home from his home in Yokohama to his family in Yonezawa said, “When I tried to go back to Yokohama, the Shinkansen had stopped, so I would like to stay one more night.” It was. In addition, a man in his 20s who was going to Sendai said, “It is the first time that the train stops due to the heat, but there is no way.”