JR East investigating Shinkansen decoupling incident

East Japan Railway is investigating the decoupling of two Shinkansen bullet trains running in Tokyo on Thursday morning. The linked Hayabusa and Komachi trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen line became separated at around 11:30 a.m. while traveling between Ueno and Omiya stations in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture. The decoupling caused an automatic brake to activate […]