In Nagano prefecture, as many high school students enter the new semester from next week, more than 1,000 students will be commuting to school due to the record heavy rain that has continued from 12th of this month and the suspension of driving on some sections of the railway. It turned out that it is expected to cause problems.

In Nagano Prefecture, the record heavy rain that has continued since the 12th of this month has caused great damage such as sediment flowing into the railroad tracks and damage to the railroad equipment, and some of the Chuo Line and Iida Line have been damaged. The operation has been suspended in the section, and there is no prospect of resumption.



Since the new semester will start after the summer vacation at many prefectural high schools from next week, the prefectural board of education investigated the impact on commuting to prefectural high schools along the line, and found that 27 high school students had trouble commuting to school. It turned out that there were 1125 people.



Since it is raining intermittently in the prefecture and the impact on high school students is unavoidable, the prefecture requested JR2, which operates the Chuo Line and Iida Line, to arrange alternative means of transportation. did.



JR2 is considering the operation of an alternative bus so that it will not be affected as much as possible.