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Streetcar derails amid snow in Toyama Pref.

Streetcar derails amid snow in Toyama Pref.

Photo taken on Jan. 24, 2026, in Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, shows a derailed out-of-service streetcar amid falling snow.

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Streetcar derails amid snow in Toyama Pref.

Streetcar derails amid snow in Toyama Pref.

Photo taken on Jan. 24, 2026, in Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, shows a derailed out-of-service streetcar amid falling snow.

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Streetcar derails amid snow in Toyama Pref.

Streetcar derails amid snow in Toyama Pref.

Photo taken on Jan. 24, 2026, in Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, shows a derailed out-of-service streetcar amid falling snow.

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Streetcar derails amid snow in Toyama Pref.

Streetcar derails amid snow in Toyama Pref.

Photo taken on Jan. 24, 2026, in Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, shows a derailed out-of-service streetcar amid falling snow.

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At Least 13 Dead After Mexico’s Interoceanic Train Derails

At Least 13 Dead After Mexico’s Interoceanic Train Derails

This photo taken with a mobile phone on Dec. 28, 2025 shows the site of a train derailment accident in Municipality of Asuncion Ixtaltepec, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. A passenger train carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members derailed on a bridge near Nizanda in southern Mexico on Sunday, leaving at least 13 people dead and 98 others injured, the Secretariat of the Navy said on social media. The train plunged into a ravine while en route to the municipality of Matias Romero, according to Oaxaca Governor Salomon Jara. Authorities have launched a rescue operation using ropes and specialized equipment to evacuate those trapped inside a train car. Photo by Str/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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At Least 13 Dead After Mexico’s Interoceanic Train Derails

At Least 13 Dead After Mexico’s Interoceanic Train Derails

This photo taken with a mobile phone on Dec. 28, 2025 shows the site of a train derailment accident in Municipality of Asuncion Ixtaltepec, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. A passenger train carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members derailed on a bridge near Nizanda in southern Mexico on Sunday, leaving at least 13 people dead and 98 others injured, the Secretariat of the Navy said on social media. The train plunged into a ravine while en route to the municipality of Matias Romero, according to Oaxaca Governor Salomon Jara. Authorities have launched a rescue operation using ropes and specialized equipment to evacuate those trapped inside a train car. Photo by Str/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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At Least 13 Dead After Mexico’s Interoceanic Train Derails

At Least 13 Dead After Mexico’s Interoceanic Train Derails

This photo taken with a mobile phone on Dec. 28, 2025 shows the site of a train derailment accident in Municipality of Asuncion Ixtaltepec, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. A passenger train carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members derailed on a bridge near Nizanda in southern Mexico on Sunday, leaving at least 13 people dead and 98 others injured, the Secretariat of the Navy said on social media. The train plunged into a ravine while en route to the municipality of Matias Romero, according to Oaxaca Governor Salomon Jara. Authorities have launched a rescue operation using ropes and specialized equipment to evacuate those trapped inside a train car. Photo by Str/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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At Least 13 Dead After Mexico’s Interoceanic Train Derails

At Least 13 Dead After Mexico’s Interoceanic Train Derails

This photo taken with a mobile phone on Dec. 28, 2025 shows the site of a train derailment accident in Municipality of Asuncion Ixtaltepec, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. A passenger train carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members derailed on a bridge near Nizanda in southern Mexico on Sunday, leaving at least 13 people dead and 98 others injured, the Secretariat of the Navy said on social media. The train plunged into a ravine while en route to the municipality of Matias Romero, according to Oaxaca Governor Salomon Jara. Authorities have launched a rescue operation using ropes and specialized equipment to evacuate those trapped inside a train car. Photo by Str/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UK: Freight Train Derails In Audenshaw, Greater Manchester

A freight train derailed in Audenshaw, Greater Manchester, on Friday, September 6, causing the tracks to be closed. No injuries were reported in the incident, and trains scheduled to use this route will be diverted.

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4 killed, many injured as train derails in India's Bihar

STORY: 4 killed, many injured as train derails in India's Bihar DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue efforts by the National Disaster Response Force (Courtesy of National Disaster Response Force) STORYLINE: At least four people were killed and many others injured after 21 coaches of a passenger train derailed in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, officials said Thursday. The accident took place Wednesday night at the Raghunathpur railway station in the Buxar district about 96 km west of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Local media reports quoting officials said over 80 people were injured in the accident. The train had started from Delhi and was on its way to Guwahati in Assam. Officials said the cause of the derailment was not immediately known. "Deepest condolences for the irreparable loss. Will find the root cause of derailment," federal railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. "Evacuation and rescue complete. All coaches

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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

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Commuter train derails in N.Y.

Commuter train derails in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A display at Grand Central Terminal in New York shows services suspended on the Hudson Line on the morning of Dec. 1, 2013, following a train derailment. A Metro-North commuter train derailed on the line in New York City earlier the same day, killing four people and injuring more than 60, city officials and fire authorities said.

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Shinkansen train derails

Shinkansen train derails

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows the front car of a bullet train that derailed on the Akita Shinkansen Line in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on March 2, 2013. The accident took place on a snowy branch line which shares a regular track with other trains in northeastern Japan. No one was injured in the incident.

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Shinkansen train derails

Shinkansen train derails

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows the front car of a bullet train that derailed on the Akita Shinkansen Line in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on March 2, 2013. The accident took place on a snowy branch line which shares a regular track with other trains in northeastern Japan. No one was injured in the incident.

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Mudslide derails commuter train in Kanagawa Pref.

Mudslide derails commuter train in Kanagawa Pref.

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken on the early morning of Sept. 25, 2012, shows a commuter train which ran into a pile of mud that covered the tracks after a landslide in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, at around midnight on Sept. 24, with some front cars of the rapid service train from Tokyo left derailed. The front car is stopped in the tunnel (back).

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Mudslide derails commuter train in Kanagawa Pref.

Mudslide derails commuter train in Kanagawa Pref.

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on the morning of Sept. 25, 2012, shows a commuter train which ran into a pile of mud that covered the tracks after a landslide in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, at around midnight on Sept. 24, with some front cars of the rapid service train from Tokyo left derailed. The front car stopped in the tunnel (top).

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Mudslide derails commuter train in Kanagawa Pref.

Mudslide derails commuter train in Kanagawa Pref.

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken at 1:20 a.m. on Sept. 25, 2012, shows workers around a commuter train which ran into a pile of mud that covered the tracks after a landslide in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, at around midnight on Sept. 24, with some front cars of the rapid service train from Tokyo left derailed.

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Mudslide derails commuter train in Kanagawa Pref.

Mudslide derails commuter train in Kanagawa Pref.

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken on the morning of Sept. 25, 2012, shows workers around a commuter train which ran into a pile of mud that covered the tracks after a landslide in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, at around midnight on Sept. 24, with some front cars of the rapid service train from Tokyo left derailed.

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Mudslide derails commuter train in Kanagawa Pref.

Mudslide derails commuter train in Kanagawa Pref.

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on the morning of Sept. 25, 2012, shows a commuter train which ran into a pile of mud that covered the tracks after a landslide in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, at around midnight on Sept. 24, with some front cars of the rapid service train from Tokyo left derailed. Soil exposed by the landslide can be seen.

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Train derails at dawn in Mie Prefecture

Train derails at dawn in Mie Prefecture

TSU, Japan - A two-car local train operated by Kintetsu Corp. derailed near Higashiaoyama Station at dawn Feb. 27 in the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture. None of the 11 people aboard was injured in the accident, which also caused damage to polls supporting overhead electrical lines. Police suspect the derailment occurred as the train hit a device that had been left on the track after being used for overnight maintenance work.

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(8)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(8)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Firefighters attempt to rescue survivors from one of two rapid commuter train cars that slammed into an apartment building following a derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25. At least 50 people died and more than 300 others were injured, police said.

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(9)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(9)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - First two cars of a seven-car commuter train of West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line remain slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25. The first car rammed deep into the parking space of the building and is hardly visible.

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(11)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(11)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Firefighters attempt to rescue survivors from one of two commuter train cars that slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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(12)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(12)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Firefighters are at work to rescue survivors from one of two commuter train cars that slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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(9)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(9)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - First two cars of a seven-car commuter train of West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line remain slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25. At least 50 people died and more than 400 others were injured in the accident.

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(10)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(10)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Firefighters work hard to rescue survivors from one of first two commuter train cars that slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecutre, on April 25.

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(6)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(6)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - An aerial view of a train accident on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25. The accident happened when a commuter train derailed and two of its cars slammed into an apartment building.

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(2)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(2)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Firefighters take part in rescue operations after a train on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line derailed and several of its cars slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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(7)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(7)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - A hospital in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, is crowded after a train accident on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in the city on April 25. The accident happened when a commuter train derailed and two of its cars slammed into an apartment building.

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(5)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(5)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - An aerial view of a train accident on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25. The accident happened when a commuter train derailed and two of its cars slammed into an apartment building.

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(4)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(4)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Firefighters rescue injured passengers from the roof of a train that derailed on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25. Two of the train's cars slammed into an apartment building.

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(3)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(3)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - A wounded passenger is rescued after a train on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line derailed and two of its cars slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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(1)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

(1)Train derails, slams into apartment building in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - People injured in a train accident on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25 receive treatment. The accident happened when a commuter train derailed and two of its cars slammed into an apartment building.

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(8)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

(8)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Firefighters take off a train door during rescue operations at a site where train cars on JR West's Fukuchiyama Line derailed, overturned and slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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(7)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

(7)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - A wounded passenger is rescued after train cars on JR West's Fukuchiyama Line derailed, overturned and slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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(2)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

(2)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - An aerial photo shows train cars (C) that derailed, overturned and slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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(5)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

(5)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows a site where train cars on JR West's Fukuchiyama Line derailed, overturned and slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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(4)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

(4)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Rescue operations continue at a site where train cars on JR West's Fukuchiyama Line derailed, overturned and slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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(6)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

(6)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - A women is rescued after train cars on JR West's Fukuchiyama Line derailed, overturned and slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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(3)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

(3)Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - An aerial photo shows train cars that derailed, overturned and slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

Train derails and overturns in Hyogo Pref.

AMAGASAKI, Japan - An aerial photo shows train cars that derailed, overturned and slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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(5)Powerful quakes hit northern Japan along the Sea of Japan

(5)Powerful quakes hit northern Japan along the Sea of Japan

NIIGATA, Japan - The bullet train Toki No. 325 on the Joetsu Shinkansen Line linking Tokyo and Niigata derails between Urasa and Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture after a powerful earthquake that rocked northern Japan along the Sea of Japan coast Oct. 23.

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11 injured as train derails in Wakayama Pref.

11 injured as train derails in Wakayama Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - Workers are trying to restore a derailed four-car train on the JR Kisei Line in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture. The train was derailed June 2 after running over logs scattered on the track. Eleven passengers were injured.

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Tokyo Disneyland roller coaster derails

Tokyo Disneyland roller coaster derails

CHIBA, Japan - A roller coaster derailed at Tokyo Disneyland in Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 5, but there were no reports of injuries, the park's operator, Oriental Land Co., said. The incident took place on the theme park's popular ''Space Mountain'' attraction (in picture).

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Super-express train derails in Nagasaki, 36 people injured

Super-express train derails in Nagasaki, 36 people injured

NAGASAKI, Japan - A super-express train on the JR Nagasaki Line lies derailed in the rice field in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture on July 19. The six-car train bound for Fukuoka from Nagasaki hit fallen rocks late July 18, injuring the driver and 35 passengers.

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Kotomitsuki derails Musashimaru Express at autumn sumo

Kotomitsuki derails Musashimaru Express at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Musashimaru (L) becomes the latest victim of giant-killer Kotomitsuki, slipping to his first defeat of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 12.

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Freight train derails at JR Tsurumi Station

Freight train derails at JR Tsurumi Station

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A freight train derailed March 17 in a yard at JR Tsurumi Station in Yokohama, striking a nearby electricity pole and disrupting train services on the Tokaido Line.

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Train derails due to fallen concrete in Hokkaido

Train derails due to fallen concrete in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A freight train partly derailed in Hokkaido on Nov. 28 after hitting a 2-ton block of concrete that had fallen off the wall of a tunnel. The photo shows the circular chunk of concrete, about 3 to 4 meters in diameter and 30 to 40 centimeters thick inside the Rebunhama Tunnel on the JR Muroran Line.

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LRT train derails during test run in Utsunomiya

LRT train derails during test run in Utsunomiya

A light rail transit train derails during a test run in the Tochigi Prefecture capital of Utsunomiya, eastern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2022, but no one was injured. The public-private third-sector train began test-running just two days earlier on a 14.6-kilometer route linking Utsunomiya and Haga, also in Tochigi Prefecture, ahead of its commercial operation in August 2023.

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LRT train derails during test run in Utsunomiya

LRT train derails during test run in Utsunomiya

A light rail transit train derails during a test run in the Tochigi Prefecture capital of Utsunomiya, eastern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2022, but no one was injured. The public-private third-sector train began test-running just two days earlier on a 14.6-kilometer route linking Utsunomiya and Haga, also in Tochigi Prefecture, ahead of its commercial operation in August 2023.

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