“I want to go home somehow” – Summer vacation hits hard， extreme heat adds to the chaos at Shin-Osaka Station as bullet train service is suspended

The suspension of some sections of the Tokaido Shinkansen on the 22nd hit families and inbound tourists planning to go on trips during the summer holidays hard. At Shin-Osaka Station (Yodogawa Ward, Osaka City), passengers were stranded in the scorching heat, and the crowds were full of confusion and fatigue.
“There’s no other way. I’ve got another day off tomorrow, so I’ll stay another night,” said a male office worker (56) who had visited Osaka with his family and was planning to return to Tochigi Prefecture, as he queued up at the ticket counter to get a ticket for the next day.
Although service resumed between Nagoya and Shin-Osaka at around 10 a.m., the major disruption of the timetable also extended to the Sanyo Shinkansen. Even at around noon, long lines were formed in front of the ticket machines and counters for purchasing and refunding tickets.
A station employee announced, “Please take today’s ticket home with you. Please come to the station later with your ticket.” Although the train status was repeatedly announced, the line in front of the ticket window kept turning around and stretching to a different ticket gate about 100 meters away.

*For more information, please see the source below

7/22 (Mon) 17:13

Sankei Shimbun

Yahoo!ニュース

Yahoo!ニュースは、新聞・通信社が配信するニュースのほか、映像、雑誌や個人の書き手が執筆する記事など多種多様なニュースを掲載しています。

news.yahoo.co.jp