Bullet Trains To Be Removed From Kyushu
West Japan Railway Company says it will remove some of its Shinkansen bullet trains from the southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka as Typhoon Haishen approaches the area.
The company says it will relocate some of the about 30 Sanyo Shinkansen trains now in a rail depot in Fukuoka Prefecture, to other yards in Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures in western Japan on Sunday.
The measure is in line with a transfer plan that the company drew up in August. A strong typhoon last year flooded a train depot in central Japan, causing tremendous damage.
The railway operator says it will cancel Sanyo Shinkansen services between Hiroshima and Hakata stations all day on Monday.
