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Chinese-made buses join Ulan Bator's bus fleet

STORY: Chinese-made buses join Ulan Bator's bus fleet DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese-made buses 2. various of interiors of the buses 3. various of passengers STORYLINE: Mongolia is modernizing its capital Ulan Bator's public transport bus fleet with Chinese-made buses, the mayor's office said Monday. Mongolia plans to import 224 buses from China in 2023, and 117 of the buses manufactured by the Chinese company Xiamen Golden Dragon Bus have already arrived in the capital, the office said in a statement. Around 30 of the imported buses started operating in the capital city from Monday, it said. The remaining 107 buses are expected to be imported within the next month. Buses are the most popular form of public transport in Mongolia's capital. Authorities of the capital city hope the buses will reduce congestion by increasing the number of people willing to use public transportation. For many years, traffic congestion and pu

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9th anniversary of derailment in Amagasaki

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, the ninth anniversary of a train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, shows passengers praying on a train passing the site of the accident just before the time of day it occurred. The accident of the West Japan Railway Co. train on the Fukuchiyama Line claimed 107 lives.

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura, who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, speaks to reporters at Himeji in the prefecture on Feb. 7, 2011, after seeing the wreckage of the train cars. West Japan Railway Co. allowed bereaved relatives and surviving passengers to view the wreckage of the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562.

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura (C), who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, arrives at a site where bereaved relatives and surviving passengers were allowed to view the wreckage of the accident. The wreckage was returned to West Japan Railway Co. from the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office, which had retained it as evidence in the trials of former JR West executives charged over the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562.

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5th anniv. of deadly Amagasaki train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Passengers aboard a train of West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line offer prayers when the train passed the site of a 2005 deadly accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2010, the fifth anniversary of the incident which killed 107 people.

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(3)Families pray for dead 1 month after deadly train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Bereaved families of passengers killed in a train accident on JR West Fukuchiyama Line at the accident site on May 25, one month after the train was derailed and killed 107 passengers.

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(2)Families pray for dead 1 month after deadly train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Bereaved families of passengers killed in a train accident on JR West Fukuchiyama Line weep at the accident site in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 25, one month after the train was derailed and crashed into a nearby condominium building, killing 107 people and injuring more than 500.

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(1)Families pray for dead 1 month after deadly train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi delivers his condolences at a site in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 25 where a train on the JR West Fukuchiyama Line was derailed and killed 107 passengers on April 25.

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(1)Families pray for dead 1 month after deadly train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi delivers his condolences at a site in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 25 where a train on the JR West Fukuchiyama Line was derailed and killed 107 passengers on April 25. (Kyodo)

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(2)Families pray for dead 1 month after deadly train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Bereaved families of passengers killed in a train accident on JR West Fukuchiyama Line weep at the accident site in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 25, one month after the train was derailed and crashed into a nearby condominium building, killing 107 people and injuring more than 500. (Kyodo)

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(3)Families pray for dead 1 month after deadly train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Bereaved families of passengers killed in a train accident on JR West Fukuchiyama Line at the accident site on May 25, one month after the train was derailed and killed 107 passengers. (Kyodo)

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura, who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, speaks to reporters at Himeji in the prefecture on Feb. 7, 2011, after seeing the wreckage of the train cars. West Japan Railway Co. allowed bereaved relatives and surviving passengers to view the wreckage of the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562. (Kyodo)

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5th anniv. of deadly Amagasaki train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Passengers aboard a train of West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line offer prayers when the train passed the site of a 2005 deadly accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2010, the fifth anniversary of the incident which killed 107 people. (Kyodo)

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura (C), who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, arrives at a site where bereaved relatives and surviving passengers were allowed to view the wreckage of the accident. The wreckage was returned to West Japan Railway Co. from the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office, which had retained it as evidence in the trials of former JR West executives charged over the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562. (Kyodo)

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15th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

A relative of one of the 107 people killed in a train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, western Japan, prays at the accident site on April 24, 2020, the eve of its 15th anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building after entering a curved section of track traveling well in excess of its maximum permitted speed, killing the driver and 106 passengers, and injuring 562 people. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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15th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

A relative of one of the 107 people killed in a train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, western Japan, prays at the accident site on April 24, 2020, the eve of its 15th anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building after entering a curved section of track traveling well in excess of its maximum permitted speed, killing the driver and 106 passengers, and injuring 562 people. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo