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	AMAGASAKI RAIL CRASH FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is because at stations (including the train's next scheduled stop, Amagasaki Station) trains meet on both sides of the same platform to allow people to transfer between express and local trains running on the same line.
		The section where the crash occurred, between Amagasaki and Takarazuka stations, was re-opened for service on June 19, 2005.
		Rail crash exposes cracks in a society under strain.
	www.loadboston.com /Amagasaki_rail_crash (986 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Train derails on curve, killing dozens in Japan
		Police at the crash site said there were other people still stuck in the cars, but none were responding, saying the student was probably the last one alive.
		The crash occurred on a curve with a speed limit of 43 mph.
		Monday's crash was the worst since 161 people died in a three-train crash in 1963 at Tsurumi, outside Tokyo.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002252188_crash25.html (814 words)

	Amagasaki rail crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Of the roughly 700 passengers (initial estimate was 580 passengers) on board at the time of the crash, 106 passengers (in addition to the driver) were killed and 549 others injured.
		The section where the crash occurred, between Amagasaki and Takarazuka stations, is re-opened for Service on last June 19, 2005.
		They decreased the speed limits in straight and curved rail, before 120 kph (straight zone) and 70 kph (curved zone), currently 95 kph (straight zone) and 60 kph (curved zone).
	amagasaki-rail-crash.mindbit.com (848 words)

	Amagasaki rail crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Of the roughly 700 passengers (initial estimate was 580 passengers) on board at the time of the crash, 106 passengers, in addition to the driver, were killed and 555 others injured.
		A Series 207 EMU train like this one was involved in the Amagasaki rail crash.
		(May 14, 2005), Rail crash exposes cracks in a society under strain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amagasaki_rail_crash (1014 words)

	Wikinfo \| April 2005
		The death toll in the Amagasaki rail crash in Japan rises to 104.
		The death toll in the Amagasaki rail crash reaches 73.
		Amagasaki rail crash: In Japan, a Fukuchiyama Line train derails and crashes into an apartment building in the city of Amagasaki, near Osaka.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=April_2005 (3416 words)

	Car And Train Crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was killed in the crash and the driver of the train has also been confirmed...
		Hours after the crash, emergency workers could be seen climbing ladders to access the overturned train cars and remove a body.
		The Glendale train crash was the deadliest incident in the history of...
	train.infohome.info /11/car-and-train-crash.html (259 words)

	Rosedale train crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Rosedale train crash occurred in Rosedale, Queensland, Australia on November 16 2004 at 12:15 am when the northbound high speed tilt train Spirit of Townsville from Brisbane, bound for Cairns, failed to slow down for a very sharp 60 km/h curve, derailing the train.
		The train was estimated as traveling 112 km/h at the time of the accident, but investigators are still undecided on the role a broken wheel played in the event.
		Morpeth rail crash - This accident resembles those at Morpeth in the United Kingdom.
	rosedale-train-crash.mindbit.com (157 words)

	At least 50 die in Japan derailment
		AMAGASAKI, Japan A packed commuter train jumped the tracks in western Japan on Monday and hurtled into an apartment building, killing 50 people and injuring more than 340 others in the deadliest rail accident in Japan in four decades.
		The accident was the worst rail disaster in nearly 42 years in Japan, which is home to one of the world's most complex, efficient and heavily used rail networks.
		The crash happened at a curve after a straightaway, requiring the driver to slow to a speed of 70 kilometers an hour.
	www.iht.com /articles/2005/04/25/news/japan.php (657 words)

	Train Crash
		The Glendale train crash was the deadliest incident in the history of Metrolink, the commuter railroad in the Los Angeles, California, area (note that the trains involved in this crash are not those of the similiarly-named light-rail operator, http://www.metro.net Metro).
		If, for example, there is a train crash in Glendale, Rhode Island then we may have a need to disambiguate, but the press will very quickly attribute a name to it that may not need to be disambiguated.
		For example if the crash happens to a named service it might become known as the Great Eastern rail crash, or the time it happens may lead to be given the name the Easter Day rail crash, for example.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/203/train-crash.html (807 words)

	CNN.com - More bodies found in train debris - Apr 28, 2005
		Japan Rail West representatives said they're not sure how fast the train was going when it derailed, but noted it would have to be traveling more than 83 mph (133 km/h) to jump the track due to excess speed.
		Analysts said the cause of the crash is likely to be a combination of factors -- including a possible obstruction on the tracks.
		The Japan Rail West tracks in the area are among the oldest in Japan and do not have an automatic breaking system that slows speeding trains.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/japan.rail.crash/index.html (547 words)

	Amagasaki rail crash - WikiLeasing.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The ibcident was Japan's most serious since 1963's Yokohama rail crash where two passenger trains collided with a derailed freight train, killing 162 people.
		This is because at stations (including the train's next scheduled stop, Amagasaki Station) trains meet on both sides of the same platform to allow people to ransfer between express and local trains running on the same line.
		The speed limits were decreased for the straight and curved rail sections around the accident site, formerly 120 km/h (straight zone) and 70 km/h (curved zone), currently 95 km/h (straight zone) and 60 km/h (curved zone).There were aome people who were praying when the re-opened trains passed near the building where the accident occurred.
	www.wikileasing.com /23/Amagasaki_rail_crash.html (901 words)

	Train Crashes in Japan; 50 Die
		AMAGASAKI, Japan—A packed commuter train that was behind schedule and may have been speeding jumped the tracks Monday and hurtled into an apartment complex, killing 50 people and injuring 417 in Japan’s worst rail accident in 40 years.
		The accident was the worst rail disaster in nearly 42 years in safety-conscious Japan, home to one of the world’s most complex, efficient and heavily traveled rail networks.
		The crash happened at a curve after a straightaway, requiring the driver to slow to 43 mph.
	www.sacunion.com /pages/world/print/4301 (795 words)

	Rail accidents in Morpeth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Morpeth in Northumberland has what is reputed to be the most severe curve on any railway main line in Britain, as the track turns 90° from a northerly to an easterly direction immediately south of Morpeth Station, on an otherwise fast section of the East Coast Main Line railway (see aerial photo from multimap: [1].).
		The accident occurred during degraded working and was the result of the light loco driver and the signaller at Morpeth failing to come to a clear understanding concerning required movements.
		On 27 June 1994 an express parcels train crashed at the curve.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morpeth_rail_crash (641 words)

	Japan's train death toll rises to 73 \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		AMAGASAKI, Japan - The death toll jumped to 73 today as crews pulled more victims from the wreckage of Japan's deadliest rail crash in decades.
		The seven-car commuter train carrying 580 passengers left the rails Monday morning near Amagasaki, a suburb of Osaka about 250 miles west of Tokyo.
		Two of the five derailed cars were shoved inside and flattened against the wall of the building's first-floor parking garage.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/72123 (427 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Amagasaki (Japan), April 26 (Reuters): Police looking for clues to the cause of Japan?s worst rail crash in over 40 years raided the offices of the train?s operator today as weeping relatives claimed the remains of many of the 73 confirmed dead.
		As darkness fell more than 30 hours after the crash, rescue workers were still trying to reach about a dozen people trapped in the twisted wreckage.
		Investigators said the cause of the crash was still unclear, but survivors among the some 580 passengers, as well as the train?s conductor, said they believed the train was going faster than normal after falling behind schedule.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050427/asp/foreign/story_4667367.asp (424 words)

	RailNews
		The rail shutdown, thought to be the first of its kind for the famously punctual and efficient SBB, began with power problems in the southern canton or state of Ticino.
		The Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corporation (THRSC) has admitted that it might not be able to begin passenger service on October 31 as planned, but denied that the possible delay resulted from not keeping up with payments to the system's core supplier.
		But the RMT rail union said the biggest drain on the railway industry was the private sector itself.
	www.railpersonnel.com /railnews/railnews050623txt.htm (1792 words)

	Toll in Japan train crash tops 100 - World News - MSNBC.com
		A woman cries after identifying the body of a relative killed in Japan's worst train crash in decades, as she leaves a makeshift morgue in Amagasaki, western Japan, on Wednesday.
		To understand what went wrong in Amagasaki, authorities have been probing the offices of JR West to investigate the possibility of professional negligence.
		Monday's accident was the worst rail disaster in nearly 42 years in this safety-conscious country, which is home to one of the world's most complex, efficient and heavily traveled rail networks.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7624164 (721 words)

	NorthernStar Online \| News Front (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		AMAGASAKI, Japan (AP) - The death toll jumped to 71 Tuesday as crews pulled more victims from the wreckage of Japan's deadliest rail crash in decades.
		But most of the work was grim as crews pulled 14 more bodies from the twisted rail carriages, pushing the death toll from 57 to 71.
		There might have been several conditions at work _ speed, winds, poor train maintenance or aging rails," Kazuhiko Nagase, a train expert who is a professor at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology, told NHK.
	www.star.niu.edu /articles/?id=9809 (770 words)

	Rail crash exposes cracks in a society under strain - World - smh.com.au
		More dangerous even than the train crash that killed 107 people in Japan three weeks ago was what lay behind it: a frightened driver, a brainwashed rail network and a nation under pressure.
		Inevitably, as the train derailed and smashed into a block of flats in Amagasaki on the suburban fringe of Osaka, he died.
		The rail company, Japan West Rail, which also operates bullet trains, said this week it saw no need to give safety instructions to passengers.
	www.smh.com.au /news/World/Rail-crash-exposes-cracks-in-a-society-under-strain/2005/05/13/1115843371739.html?oneclick=true (797 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Japan rail crash death toll rises
		The train involved in Monday's crash was found to have been travelling at 100km/h (62mph), well above the 70km/h limit for the bend where it slammed into a block of flats.
		Stones on the rail have also been given as a possible cause of the crash.
		This is the worst rail accident in Japan since a three-train crash killed 161 near Tokyo in 1963.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4487001.stm (575 words)

	USATODAY.com - Investigators seek clues in wreckage of Japanese train (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hours after Japan's worst train crash in decades, rescue teams found Hiroki Hayashi in an open space in the wreckage with his legs badly hurt, but he was still conscious.
		Early Tuesday, rescuers finally freed Hayashi from the wreckage 22 hours after the crash in Amagasaki in western Japan, the final survivor pulled from the shattered train.
		Hayashi was panicked between the crash and his rescue.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-04-26-japan-train_x.htm (692 words)

	The St. Petersburg Times - World - Commuter Crash in Japan Kills 50
		AMAGASAKI, Japan - A packed commuter train jumped the tracks in western Japan on Monday and rammed into an apartment complex, crumpling passenger cars into twisted metal.
		The accident was the worst rail disaster in nearly 42 years in Japan, which is home to one of the world's most complex and heavily traveled rail networks.
		The crash happened at a curve after a straightaway, requiring the driver to slow to a speed of 43 mph, Murakami said.
	www.sptimes.ru /index.php?action_id=2&story_id=3370 (739 words)

	Dozens killed in Japanese train derailment - The Boston Globe
		Two of the four derailed cars were flattened against the wall of the building, and hundreds of rescue workers and police swarmed the wreckage and tended to the injured.
		The cause of the crash in an urban area near Amagasaki, about 250 miles west of Tokyo, was not immediately known, but survivors said excessive speed might have been a factor.
		The accident was one of the worst rail disasters in recent memory in Japan, which has one of the world's most complex and heavily traveled rail networks.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/04/25/dozens_killed_in_japanese_train_derailment?mode=PF (413 words)

	Train crash toll now at least 50 - World - www.smh.com.au
		Rescuers were trying to free four people found still alive in the wreckage hours after the crash, which occurred at 9.18am, said Yoshiki Nishiyama, of the Amagasaki fire department.
		The accident was the worst rail disaster in nearly 42 years in safety-conscious Japan, which is home to one of the world's most complex, efficient and heavily travelled rail networks.
		The crash happened at a curve, requiring the driver to slow to a speed of 70kmh.
	www.smh.com.au /news/World/Commuter-train-crash-toll-now--37-dead/2005/04/25/1114281484811.html?from=moreStories (810 words)

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		AMAGASAKI, Japan - The death toll rose to 73 Tuesday in Japan's deadliest rail crash in decades as crews pulled more victims from the wreckage.
		Police said the 19-year-old student pulled from the debris, Hiroki Hayashi, had survived under the wreckage when rescuers managed to get him intravenous fluids, and hospital officials said he was in serious condition.
		Earlier, Hayashi's brother, Takamichi, said his older brother had called their mother after the crash from inside one of the train cars hours after the crash.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/html/2005/04/26/117150.html (750 words)

	Guardian \| Japanese rail company searched for crash clues
		Rescuers pulled the final survivors of the Amagasaki rail crash from the wreckage today as police investigators searched the offices of the train's operating company to look for clues as to what caused the disaster, which killed at least 73 people.
		The Associated Press news agency reported that the investigators were treating the case as possible professional negligence, citing a police spokesman who spoke on condition of anonymity.
		The network has enjoyed a strong reputation for safety, with crashes relatively rare on its 16,780 miles of track, which transports 20 billion passengers a year.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5180128-108018,00.html (485 words)

	RTE News - Death toll in Japan rail crash rises to 56
		Police investigating the cause of the crash say while they have not ruled out speed, they are also looking at the possibility that a stone on the tracks may have derailed the commuter train which was carrying 580 passengers.
		Survivors of the crash had earlier speculated that the driver may have been trying to make up time because the train was running late.
		One News: Jonathan Clynch reports that at least 50 people were killed and 300 injured in a train crash in Japan.
	www.rte.ie /news/2005/0425/japan.html (360 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Hopes fade in Japan crash rescue
		Hopes are fading that rescuers at the scene of the rail crash that killed at least 90 people in Japan will find any more survivors.
		Stones on the rails have also been suggested as a possible factor in the crash.
		Monday's crash was the worst rail accident in Japan since a train collision killed 161 people near Tokyo in 1963.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4488321.stm (533 words)

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