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Joetsu Shinkansen fully restored after earthquake damage

By 2007-06-01T08:11:00

THROUGH services between Tokyo and Niigata on JR East's Joetsu Shinkansen resumed on December 28, more than two months after a train travelling at around 200km/h was derailed by an earthquake (RG 12.04 p826).

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