An evacuation order issued for a town devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, has been partially lifted to allow for the operation of a railway along the pacific coast.
A gate installed near Yonomori Station in Tomioka Town was opened on Tuesday at 6 a.m.
Test runs on a section of railway line along the Pacific coast of Fukushima Prefecture have started nine years after service was halted by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
The accident caused radioactive contamination and suspended service on the 21-kilometer-section of Japan Rail's Joban Line between Namie and Tomioka stations.