ILEA001111183: Memorial service held for 107 train derailment victims

Savoring delicacies on high-speed train amid Spring Festival travel rush | Sunny's Spotlight

STORY: Savoring delicacies on high-speed train amid Spring Festival travel rush SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:03 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Beijing West Railway Station 2. various of hot-chain food 3. STANDUP 1 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 4. STANDUP 2 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FENG WEI, Head chef, Jingtie Hotel, China Railway Travel Service Group Co., Ltd. 6. STANDUP 3 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 7. STANDUP 4 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 8. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Train Attendant 9. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Ms. QIN, Passenger 10. STANDUP 5 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 11. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): TIAN CHUNLIN, Deputy general manager, China Railway Travel Service Group Co., Ltd. 12. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): TIAN CHUNLIN, Deputy general manager, China Railway Travel Service Group Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinh

1 dead, 2 injured after train derails in Peru

STORY: 1 dead, 2 injured after train derails in Peru DATELINE: Sept. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:59 LOCATION: Lima CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of PeruRail train (file) 2. various of the accident STORYLINE: One worker died and two others were injured in southeastern Peru on early Saturday morning when a cargo train derailed due to a landslide. The company PeruRail explained in a statement that the train derailed on the Ollantaytambo-Machu Picchu route in Cusco, the ancient Inca capital, after a landslide hit the southeast track. The deceased was identified as the train manager, and the two injured were crew members, currently receiving medical attention in a local clinic, said the statement. "According to the concessionaire, all our train services and bimodal service (bus and train) are suspended until noon today," PeruRail added. "Train operation between Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu will resume only after the railway line is confirmed to be in good condition, so as to guarantee railway s

Panel member leaked draft report on fatal train crash to JR West

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Koichi Yamaguchi, a then member of the government's transport accident investigation commission who, according to government officials on Sept. 25, 2009, leaked a draft report on the 2005 fatal train derailment accident in Hyogo Prefecture to the railway operator, West Japan Railway Co., (Kyodo)

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metro Co. employees check on a passenger train at Toyocho Station on the Tozai Line which a railway maintenance train bumped into in the early morning of Sept. 9, 2009. No one was injured in the collision as the passenger train was unoccupied, but the accident disrupted the rush-hour commute in and around the downtown area. (Kyodo)

JR West president indicted over deadly derailment in 2005

OSAKA, Japan - Masao Yamazaki, president of West Japan Railway Co., bows in apology during a news conference in Osaka on July 8 after being indicted over a train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2005 that left 107 people dead and 562 injured. Yamazaki expressed his intention to step down. (Kyodo)

Extended Tohoku Shinkansen line to feature super deluxe cabins

TOKYO, Japan - An artist's impression of a super deluxe ''Green Car'' cabin of a new shinkansen super-express train that East Japan Railway Co. plans to introduce on the extended Tohoku Shinkansen line by the end of fiscal 2010. According to JR East, the super deluxe ''Green Car'' will seat up to 18 passengers and will boast the same level of comfort as a first-class cabin on an airliner. The new Tohoku Shinkansen line, to be extended to Shin-Aomori station in Aomori Prefecture, will allow a maximum speed of 320 kilometers per hour when in commercial operation. (Kyodo)

Kin mark 2nd anniversary of JR West train disaster

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Masao Yamazaki, president of West Japan Railway Co., delivers his apologies during a ceremony at the Amagasaki Cultural Center in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 24 to mark the second anniversary of the fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki which killed 107 people and injured 562 others. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

'Next-generation' Shinkansen model on display

HAMAMATSU, Japan - A new Shinkansen model, the ''next-generation'' N-700 Series, on display in a press preview at the JR Tokai Hamamatsu plant in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecutre on April 10. According to JR engineers, a key N-700 technical feature is that the train, through the use of air spring, can bend at curves so that it does not have to decelerate when passing through curving passages. The N-700 Series, which will run in the Tokaido Sanyo Shinkansen line, can speed through curves at a maximum speed of 270 kilometers per hour in the Tokaido sector and 300 kph in the Sanyo sector, they say. As a result, the N-700 Series can travel between Tokyo and the Shin-Osaka station in Osaka in 2 hours and 25 minutes, down 5 minutes, and between Tokyo and the Hakata station in Fukuoka in 4 hours and 50 minutes.

26 injured in train derailment in Okayana Pref.

OKAYAMA, Japan - A two-car train lies on its side on West Japan Railway Co.'s Tsuyama line in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, on Nov. 19. All its 25 passengers and driver were injured in the accident, fire department officials said. Of them, three were taken to hospital but there is no threat to their lives, they said. (Kyodo)

1st anniversary of fatal train crash in Amgagasaki

AMAGASAKI, Japan - People visit a site in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25 to commemorate a fatal train crash there one year ago. A total of 106 passengers were killed after a commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium, seen at left.

Memorial service held for 107 train derailment victims

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