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Japan: Shinagawa Station Overcrowded as Train Suspensions Disrupt Rush Hour

On Wednesday, train suspensions caused by a fatal accident disrupted the evening rush hour, leading to severe congestion at stations. At Shinagawa Station, platforms were packed with passengers and became dangerously overcrowded. According to JR East, the accident occurred between Yokohama and Shin-Kawasaki stations on the Yokosuka Line. As a result, services on the Yokosuka Line and several other major lines in the Tokyo metropolitan area were temporarily suspended.

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Some 6,000 walk along tracks after Yokosuka Line service suspended

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers walk along railway tracks in Yokohama's Tsurumi Ward on May 7 after a train on the Shonan-Shinjuku Line was stranded between Yokohama and Shin-Kawasaki stations. Services on the line, which uses part of the tracks on the Yokosuka Line, were suspended after a Yokosuka Line train had brake trouble in Yokohama.

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Some 6,000 walk along tracks after Yokosuka Line service suspende

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers walk along railway tracks in Yokohama's Tsurumi Ward on May 7 after a train on the Shonan-Shinjuku Line was stranded between Yokohama and Shin-Kawasaki stations. Services on the line, which uses part of the tracks on the Yokosuka Line, were suspended after a Yokosuka Line train had brake trouble in Yokohama. (Kyodo)