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The Amagasaki derailment (JR福知山線脱線事故, JR Fukuchiyama-sen dassen jiko, lit. "JR Fukuchiyama Line derailment") occurred in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on 25 April 2005 at 09:19 local time (00:19 UTC ), just after the local rush hour. It occurred when a seven-car commuter train came off the tracks on West Japan Railway ...
716. Deaths. 42. Injured. 614. The Shigaraki train disaster (信楽高原鐵道衝突事故, Shigaraki Kōgen Tetsudō shōtotsu jiko) was a railway accident that occurred in Shigaraki (now Koka ), Shiga Prefecture, Japan on May 14, 1991. A Shigaraki Kōgen Railway (SKR) train and a West Japan Railway Company (JR West) train collided head-on ...
A. Accidents and incidents involving Japanese National Railways (7 P) Accidents and incidents involving Tokyo Metro (1 P)
1. The Mishima Station incident (三島駅事故, Mishima eki jiko) was an incident that took place at Mishima Station in Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan on 27 December 1995, when a 17-year old male student fell to his death after getting caught in a car door of a departing Shinkansen train. [1]
August 1 – Japan – Two trains collided head on at Imabashi Station, injuring 210 people. [71] [72] September 9 – South Africa – A local train to the black township of Daveyton rear-ended an express stopped for signals at Benoni; 31 people were killed, all on the local. The cause is not determined except that sabotage is ruled out.
The bullet train, known as Shinkansen in Japan, is known for its efficiency as well as speeds of up to 320 kilometers per hour (200 mph). Commuters in Japan have come to expect its reliability.
The Shinkansen ( Japanese: 新幹線, [ɕiŋkaꜜɰ̃seɴ] ⓘ, lit. 'new main line'), colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. Initially, it was built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo, the capital, to aid economic growth and development.
120. The Tsurumi rail accident (鶴見事故, Tsurumi jiko, or "Tsurumi accident") occurred on November 9, 1963, between Tsurumi and Shin-Koyasu stations on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama, Japan, about 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of Tokyo, when two passenger trains collided with a derailed freight train, killing 162 people.