Tokyo – are probably some tens of thousands of passengers hissing with madness after the snake brought Japanese the busiest flying line.
The slippery 39-inch gilatori slid over overground energy and tangled, a spokesman for the line operator, central JR, he said for NBC News. As a result, he shortened electricity supply and brought a line between Osaka and Tokyo to stop.
The blackout occurred at 17:26 (4:26 AM ET) and the power was not renovated until 19 hours (6 am ET), affects 86 trains, said spokesman.
Every day more than 430,000 passengers drive tokaido Shinkansen, a key Japanese railroad that connects its capital to Tokyo with Nagoy and Osaka, according to Serbian.
The bullet trains are known for its speed at 180 miles per hour, and also their accuracy and average time of delay on the line was 1.6 minutes per train last year, over 372 trains.
“I use Shinkansen a few times a month, but this is the first time I’ve experienced a suspension because of the power failure,” said one traveler Satoshi Tagawa, 46, who was to return to Tokyo, with local return to Tokyo.
“I’m released,” said 26-year-old Casuto tachi, after the learning that services continued. “But I’m bored with problems (with Shinkansen services). I want to run on time.”
The snake moves on Shinkansen lines are rare, although it wasn’t the first time that happened. Last year, the 16-inch snake smoked the way to the transport of passengers on the train along the Tokyo-Nagoy line.
The central JR spokesman said they had no idea how he entered the carriage.
Arata Yamamoto reported from Tokyo and Mithil Aggarwal reported from Hong Kong.
2025-05-01 09:37:00
