Amagasaki derailment
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The Amagasaki derailment occurred in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on 25 April 2005 at 09:19 local time, just after the local rush hour. A seven-car commuter train came off the tracks on West Ja
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A 207 series EMU train similar to the one involved in the Amagasaki rail crash
The destroyed leading car
The apartment building where the accident took place being demolished in 2016.
Mikawashima train crash
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The Mikawashima train crash was a multiple train crash which occurred on 3 May 1962 near Mikawashima Station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. It involved a freight train and two passenger trains; 160 people
Amagasaki derailment
…since the 1963 Tsurumi rail accident. The accident remains the fifth-deadliest train crash in Japanese history, behind the Nebukawa Station accident, Mikawashima train crash, Tsurumi rail accident and the Hachikō Line derailment. The train involved was train number 5418M, a limited-stop "Rapid" commuter service from Takarazuka…
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