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Kisaragi Station (Japanese: きさらぎ駅, Hepburn: Kisaragi-eki) is a Japanese urban legend about a fictitious railway station that is host to numerous paranormal incidents. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The story about the train station was first posted on the internet forum 2channel in 2004. [ 4 ]
The train involved was train number 5418M, a limited-stop "Rapid" commuter service from Takarazuka Station to Dōshishamae Station. It was a seven-car 207 series electric multiple unit (EMU) formation consisting of a four-car set and a three-car set coupled together as shown below, with Car 1 leading. [ 1 ]
The Naka-Meguro train disaster occurred in Japan on 8 March 2000. Five people were killed and 63 were injured when a derailed TRTA Hibiya Line train was sideswiped by a second train near Naka-Meguro Station .
Shimoyama was appointed the first president of Japanese National Railways (JNR) when it was established on 1 June 1949. Under the Dodge Line policy of the Japanese government, Shimoyama was responsible for drastic personnel cutbacks of JNR, as a part of which on 4 July 1949 he released a list of about 30,000 employees to be fired. [1]
It is the worst railway accident to have occurred in Japan. [1] A Japanese Government Railways (JGR) passenger train hauled by a Class C57 steam locomotive travelling in the "down" direction derailed on a sharp curve, and four cars rolled over into a field. 184 passengers were killed and 495 were injured. [1]
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.
Japan Railway companies said most bullet trains and local train services were operating normally Wednesday, but many on Kyushu would be suspended Thursday. Similar steps may be taken on the main ...
Teke Teke (テケテケ), [1] also spelled Teke-Teke, [2] Teketeke, [3] or Teke teke, [1] is a Japanese urban legend about the ghost of a schoolgirl, where her body was split in half by a train after she had become stuck. She is an onryō, or a vengeful spirit, who lurks in urban areas and roams train