常磐線、９年ぶり全線再開　震災と原発事故で被災―ＪＲ東日本

　東日本大震災で被災し、不通となっていたＪＲ常磐線の富岡―浪江間（２０．８キロ）で１４日、９年ぶりに運行が再開された。東京電力福島第１原発事故の影響を受けた福島県沿岸部が鉄路で結ばれ、地元は復興の加速に期待を寄せている。

　常磐線は震災に伴う津波などで、駅舎や線路、橋が流失し大きな被害を受けた。原発事故の影響で高い放射線量が確認された場所では除染を実施。一部区間は原則立ち入り禁止の「帰還困難区域」に含まれていたが、政府は４～１０日に駅周辺を中心に避難指示を解除した。（2020/03/14-12:15）

The Joban Line resumed operations on Saturday in a disaster-hit section between Tomioka Station and Namie Station near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, after nine years of suspension.
   The 20.8-kilometer section in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima was the last on the Joban Line to return to service after being hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent nuclear accident at the plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. .
   The railway once again linked together local communities along the coast of Fukushima, raising hopes for accelerated reconstruction from the disasters in the region.
   The Joban Line, operated by East Japan Railway Co. , chiefly runs along the Pacific coast to connect Tokyo with Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, passing through Fukushima and other prefectures. The tsunami swept away stations, rails and bridges along the line.
   Parts of the line fell within government-designated difficult-to-return zones with relatively high radiation levels, with decontamination work conducted.