Kyushu Railway Co. executives apologized Wednesday for stopping bullet-train services for six hours Tuesday, citing "insufficient experience" in trouble-shooting compared with other Japan Rail companies.
The shutdown affected about 9,000 JR Kyushu passengers and forced some to spend the night aboard shinkansen cars.
Workers found a large plastic sheet hanging on an overhead wire for bullet trains between Kurume and Chikugofunagoya stations. They switched off the power supply for the wire and stopped one train at 4 p.m. (Japan Times)
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