Nine years after the earthquake Resumption of operation on all lines of the JR Joban Line 4:14 on March 14
The JR Joban Line, which had been suspended between Tomioka and Namie in Fukushima Prefecture due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the accident at the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, will resume operation on the entire line for the first time in nine years on March 14.
The JR Joban Line, which connects Nippori in Tokyo and Iwanuma in Miyagi Prefecture, was suspended on all lines immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and continued on a wide area around the area affected by the tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
As the restoration progressed, the suspended section gradually disappeared, and now it is only 20.8 km between Tomioka and Namie in Fukushima Prefecture.
This month, evacuation orders were released at the three stations and surrounding areas of Yonomori, Ono, and Futaba, which were in the difficult-to-return area. At 5:52 am, the ascending train departed from Namie and resumed operation on all lines. You.
In the reopened section, regular trains will return 11 times a day, and the limited express "Hitachi" connecting Shinagawa and Ueno to Sendai will also restart 3 times a day. The shortest travel time is 3 hours and 4 minutes between Ueno and Namie, and 4 hours and 22 minutes between Ueno and Sendai.
It is hoped that the resumption of full-line operation for the first time in nine years will improve the convenience of local residents and increase the number of visitors from the Tokyo metropolitan area.
According to the JR, all sections that had been suspended due to the Great East Japan Earthquake will be eliminated by the resumption of the 14th.