Japan typhoon Hagibis: Ten flooded bullet trains scrapped

6 November 2019

Ten Japanese bullet trains partially submerged by floodwater from Typhoon Hagibis last month are to be scrapped.

Some components could still be used but the loss to the book value of the trains could be between $110m and $135m (£85m-£104m), Japanese media said.

The Hokuriku-Shinkansen line trains were parked in a yard in Nagano city.

Typhoon Hagibis struck with winds of 225km/h (140mph) on the weekend of 12-13 October, killing about 90 people and displacing thousands with flooding.

It was the country's worst storm in decades.

The images of the parked trains with floodwater lapping at them became symbolic of the extent of the damage.

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