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Hokuriku Shinkansen (post typhoon)
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2019/10/18 00:08
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I posted my question below on somebodyfs thread on Nagano flooding. But I think may be better to start a new thread on it. Apologies for double posts.
I bought a Hokuriku Shinkansen Arch pass and plan to travel from Tokyo to Nagano, Kurobe, Toyama and then back to Tokyo again. My travel date is 1 Nov 2019 and I am worried that my travel plan will be affected due to non operation of hokuriku shinkansen for the route that I am covering.
Anyone can advise me if I can still go ahead with the plan? I am now left with not much time to re-do the travel plan and accommodation.
Also where can I find the new train schedule? Hyperdia seems to be not updated yet and still shows the usual bullet train schedules.
Many thanks!
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by CKT (guest)
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2019/10/18 06:16
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Jr east or west website for info. 1 to 2 weeks was the last i heard for fixing signals.
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by Hakata14 (guest)
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Re: Hokuriku Shinkansen (post typhoon)
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2019/10/18 06:16
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Trains are expected to have restarted operating along the Hokuriku Shinkansen by the end of October; however, train service will be reduced by about 40% with respect to the regular timetable because many shinkansen trains were damaged by the flooding. In my opinion, that shouldn't be a reason to change your travel plans, though.
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by Uji
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2019/10/18 08:18
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Thanks all for your advice and info. Seems like I can proceed with my travel plan.
I went to the JR east website and found a link to gEki-net.comh which contains the hokuriku Shinkansen schedule. I see that the schedule shows the bullet train that goes from Tokyo to Kanazawa even though the route between Nagano and joetsumyoko is closed.
However I can found the Asama train schedule from the JR East website which seems to be the updated one post hagibis.
Does anyone know where can I find the updated train schedule for the rest of the route which reflects the closure of portion of route and reduced frequency of Shinkansen.
Many thanks!
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by CKT (guest)
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2019/10/18 15:50
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JR East announced Today that Hokuriku Shinkansen will resume its full line operation on October 25th. The timetable is not released yet. Your travel will be ok.
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by Miya (guest)
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2019/10/18 16:15
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JR-East will restart from October the 25th the whole-route operation of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, which is now interrupted for JR-East section Nagano -- Joetsumyoko.
The number of Tokyo -- Kanazawa direct trains is expected to be about nine-tenths as the usual.
(It seems that JR-East and JR-West have decided to secure Tokyo -- Kanazawa direct trains as many as possible, after one-third of all the Hokuriku Shinkansen train cars were flooded.)
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by omotenashi
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2019/10/18 23:12
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Thanks everyone for the very helpful info!
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by CKT (guest)
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Re: Hokuriku Shinkansen (post typhoon)
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2019/10/21 17:58
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A reduced timetable will be running from 25th or 26th - around 80%. Best information is from the Japanese JREast website - use a web-page translator and it gives enough context information for a machine translation. The English version has quite unhelpful information IMO.
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by JapanCustomTours
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2019/10/22 07:44
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Trains will be running at around 90% of the regular timetable.
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by Uji
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2019/10/22 07:55
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90% of services that run the full line between Tokyo and Kanazawa. Partial services like the Tsurugi will be more heavily reduced to compensate (the goal is 80% overall).
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