Flooded Japan bullet train yard to be raised 10 meters

Nagano facility had been flagged for risk of once-a-millennium deluge

20191207 Flooded shinkansen trains

Waterlogged bullet trains resulted in over $100 million in damages for railway operator JR East. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

RIHO NAGAO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Stung by the experience of October's powerful typhoon, East Japan Railway will lift key parts of a holding yard for shinkansen bullet trains by roughly 10 meters next year to prevent damage from floods, Nikkei has learned.

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