August 22, 2025
TOKYO – A Shinkansen bullet train collided with a person on the tracks while passing through Higashi-Hiroshima Station on Thursday evening.
The collision occurred at 6:26 p.m. Thursday. Shinkansen trains are currently suspended between Shin-Osaka and Hakata stations.
According to West Japan Railway Co., service was expected to resume at around 9 p.m.
“A person jumped from a platform,” the company quoted the operator of the train as saying. Higashi-Hiroshima Station does not have platform barriers.