Train lines may be delayed due to weather, safety checks, passenger injury, or a number of other reasons. Delays will be announced on TV, on train apps, and on certain websites.
- For all Kanto area lines: JR East English page
- For Tokyo train lines: Is it delayed.com
If you use a Japanese train app or website such as Jorudan, Navitime, or Yahoo! Japan’s 路線情報 (rosenjōhō), all delays will be announced next to a warning (!) icon. Some helpful Japanese words are listed below:
| 運行情報 | unkō jōhō | service information |
| 運行状況 | unkō jōkyō | service status |
| （列車）遅延 | (ressha) chien | (train) delay |
| 運転見合わせ | unten miawase | service stopped and will resume as soon as possible |
| 運休 | unkyū | service is stopped or cancelled indefinitely |
| 運転再開 | unten saikai | service resumed |
| 平常運転 | heijō unten | trains are running normally |
| 人身事故 | jinshin jiko | passenger injury |
| 台風の影響で | taifū no eikyō de | due to the typhoon |
Check here for more useful disaster-related vocabulary in Japanese.
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