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History: Trains collide near Tokyo - May 3, 1962


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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 03 May 2015 - 04:03 PM

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This Day in History

May 3, 1962

Trains collide near Tokyo

Two commuter trains and a freight train collide near Tokyo, Japan, killing more than 160 people and injuring twice that number on this day in 1962.

 

It was Constitution Day in Japan when a commuter train pulled out of Mikawashima station at 9:30 p.m. taking passengers out of Tokyo. Three miles north of the city, a freight train went through a red signal, causing it to jump the track and collide with the commuter train. Most of the passengers survived this first collision.

 

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Posted 03 May 2019 - 07:20 AM

Bumping topic.

 

I wonder if Japan has a 'PTC' system that would have prevented the initial 'human error' caused accident and the following rear-end collision.

 

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