JR Geibi Line inaccessible due to heavy rain in western Japan Restoration work released before resuming operation October 16, 17:44
Due to the heavy rains in West Japan last year, the JR Geibi Line, which was interrupted in some sections in Hiroshima Prefecture, was reopened on the 23rd of this month, and the restoration work that came to the end was released. It was.
The Geibi Line suffered great damage, such as most of the iron bridge being washed away during heavy rains in West Japan, including the section where it was temporarily operating only in the morning and evening, and Koruka Station in Hiroshima There is no communication between Miyoshi Station in Miyoshi City.
One week later, the restoration work was released at Nakasita Station in Asahi-ku, Hiroshima City on the 16th, before resuming operation on the entire line on the 23rd of this month.
Restoration work has come to an end, and on the 16th, employees of the company that maintains and manages the facilities worked to polish the rails.
If the rails are rusty, the electricity to the railroad crossings and signals will not flow easily, and there is a risk of malfunction, so the people who worked were carefully removing the rust while using a machine with a wheel .
In JR West, the train will be run from 17th, and inspection will be carried out. If there is no problem, operation will resume on the entire line on 23rd as scheduled.
On the 16th, about 40 members of a local senile association who looked forward to resuming driving were also seeing cleaning of the station building.
Junichi Kajijima, head of the JR West Japan Hiroshima branch, said, “I made the locals feel inconvenient, but I would like to work hard to ensure safe use.”