Bullet train services in western Japan were halted for about two hours Monday evening after railway workers noticed that a person had been hit by a running train, JR West said.
The Sanyo Shinkansen Line operations between Osaka and Fukuoka prefectures were suspended from around 5:50 p.m. after workers found a body part while inspecting tracks between Fukuyama and Shin-Onomichi stations in Hiroshima Prefecture.
There were some train cancellations and delays of up to two and a half hours.
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Toshihiro
Condolences to the person who met a tragic end and to their families and friends left behind. Also, thoughts to workers who have to clean up after that.
DanteKH
Did they found all of the body parts of the unfortunate person?
Daninthepan
Surely the story here is Shinkansen hits person, body part recovered. Not, trains delayed.
Vaffangool
Central Japan Railway Co. said 17 of their trains experienced delays of up to 1 hour and 53 minutes, while according to JR West, 76 runs were suspended, and 63 trains were delayed for up to 4 hours, 23 minutes, affecting a total of 41,500 passengers. That's a whole lot of people inconvenienced and productivity down the toilet for some selfish parasite who hadn't the courtesy to put himself out of his own misery without splashing it all over everyone else.