Bullet train services between Tokyo and northeastern Japan were suspended for more than five hours Tuesday after a not-in-service train ground to a halt between stations, JR East said.The bullet train stopped in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, around 11:25 a.m. Service between Tokyo and Sendai stations on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line resumed at 5 p.m.According to JR East, 80 trains on the Tohoku, Akita, and Yamagata shinkansen lines were canceled, affecting around 54,700 passengers.The defective train, which is a new type that debuted in the spring of last year, departed Ueno Station in T…READ FULL ARTICLE
