Uchibo Line resumes between Nagaura and Kisarazu after Typhoon No. 25
In short
JR East resumed service on the Nagaura–Kisarazu section of the Uchibo Line from the morning of Oct 5, after landslides and heavy rain from Typhoon No. 25 forced part of the line to be suspended. NHK reported that shuttle operations began on the Kisarazu–Nagaura section, which it said had no track damage. TBS NEWS DIG, citing JR East, said the Anegasaki–Nagaura section is expected to take about three months to restore.
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JR East resumed service on part of the Uchibo Line on Oct 5, after landslides and heavy rain from Typhoon No. 25 left sections of the line suspended. TBS NEWS DIG reported on Oct 4 that JR East said trains would resume from the morning of Oct 5 between Nagaura Station and Kisarazu Station. NHK reported on Oct 5 that shuttle operations began between Kisarazu Station and Nagaura Station, the section of the line it said had no track damage. [ 1 , 3 ]
Nippon TV News reported the same morning that the Nagaura–Kisarazu section had resumed. TBS NEWS DIG said the resumption was subject to operational constraints but did not give those details in full, while NHK described the service as a turnback, or shuttle, operation rather than a full through service. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Service on the Anegasaki–Nagaura section remains suspended. TBS NEWS DIG, citing JR East, reported that this section is expected to take about three months to restore, the only figure of its kind in the documents and one that no other outlet repeats. [ 1 ]
Why it matters
The resumption restores train service on one section of the Uchibo Line for passengers between Kisarazu and Nagaura, while the Anegasaki–Nagaura section remains out of service. According to TBS NEWS DIG, citing JR East, that section is expected to take about three months to restore, so the line is set to stay partly disrupted well beyond the initial resumption.
Key facts
- JR East suspended service on part of the Uchibo Line because of landslides and heavy rain from Typhoon No. 25. [ 1 , 3 ]
- Service between Nagaura Station and Kisarazu Station resumed from the morning of Oct 5. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- NHK reported that the Kisarazu–Nagaura section had no track damage and that shuttle operations began there on Oct 5. [ 3 ]
- TBS NEWS DIG, citing JR East, said the Anegasaki–Nagaura section is expected to take about three months to restore. [ 1 ]
- TBS NEWS DIG reported that the resumption was subject to operational constraints, the details of which were not given in full. [ 1 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- Whether the resumed service between Nagaura and Kisarazu is a full resumption or a shuttle operation only. TBS NEWS DIG and Nippon TV News describe a resumption of operations, while NHK describes the start of shuttle (turnback) operations; TBS NEWS DIG also refers to operational constraints without giving the full detail.
- How long the Anegasaki–Nagaura section will remain suspended and when exactly it will reopen. The roughly three-month estimate appears in only one outlet, which attributes it to JR East.
- The extent and nature of the damage on the section still out of service. No document describes the damage on the Anegasaki–Nagaura section beyond the general reference to landslides.
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- TBS NEWS DIG reports that JR East will resume Uchibo Line service between Nagaura and Kisarazu from the morning of Oct 5, and that the Anegasaki–Nagaura section is expected to take about three months to restore. [ 1 ]
- Nippon TV News reports that the Nagaura–Kisarazu section resumed service that morning. [ 2 ]
- NHK reports that shuttle operations began between Kisarazu and Nagaura, a section with no track damage. [ 3 ]