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Two Underfloor Equipment Malfunctions Cause Smoke to Appear on Jr Central Shinkansen Train (Kyodo News)

Following the incident where Kodama 764 was emitting smoke while traveling on the Tokaido Shinkansen line, JR Central revealed on the 22nd that after a detailed inspection of the train, it had found that two devices in the "main converter" that controls the motor output, located under the floor of car 9, had malfunctioned.
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Following the incident where Kodama 764 was emitting smoke while traveling on the Tokaido Shinkansen line, JR Central revealed on the 22nd that after a detailed inspection of the train, it had found that two devices in the "main converter" that controls the motor output, located under the floor of car 9, had malfunctioned.

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news in on Friday, August 22, 2025.
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