東北新幹線、全線運転再開　１１日ぶり、当面は本数減―ＪＲ東

　福島県沖で１３日夜に発生した地震の影響で、那須塩原―仙台間で運転見合わせが続いていた東北新幹線は、２４日始発から全線で運転を再開した。全線開通は地震発生以来１１日ぶり。
　ＪＲ東日本によると、当面の間、列車本数を減らして運行し、東京―仙台間、東京―盛岡間は所要時間が１時間ほど長くなる。秋田、山形両新幹線の東京方面との直通運転もこの日、再開した。
　東北新幹線は地震の影響で新白河―古川間の電柱が折れるなどの被害が出たため、同社が復旧作業を進め、２２日に仙台―一ノ関間で運転を再開した。全線再開後も、那須塩原―一ノ関間で速度を落として運転するため、本数は通常の８割程度となる。通常ダイヤに戻すのは３月下旬ごろを見込んでいる。（2021/02/24-08:26）

East Japan Railway Co. , or JR East, resumed services on all sections of its Tohoku Shinkansen Line on Wednesday, 11 days after a powerful earthquake partially disrupted the bullet train operations.
   For the time being, the number of trains on the Shinkansen line will be reduced to about 80 pct of normal levels as trains will slow down on the section between Nasushiobara Station in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, and Ichinoseki Station in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate, according to JR East. Travel between Tokyo Station and Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture and between Tokyo and Morioka Station in Iwate will take about an hour longer than usual.
   The company expects the Tohoku Shinkansen Line timetable to return to normal around late March.
   Services were halted on some Tohoku Shinkansen Line sections due to damage from the Feb. 13 quake, such as broken electricity poles on the section between Shin-Shirakawa Station in Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan and Furukawa Station in Miyagi. All sections reopened after JR East proceeded with the work to repair the damaged facilities.