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 Fukuchiyama Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fukuchiyama Line (福知山線) is a railway line of West Japan Railway (JR-West) between Osaka and Fukuchiyama, Japan.
The section of the line from Osaka to Sasayamaguchi is known as the JR Takarazuka Line (JR宝塚線), runs through the cities of Kawanishi and Takarazuka in the northwestern corner of the Osaka metropolitan area.
Railway signal changes to CTC, and the whole-line electrification to the Fukuchiyama station will be completed in 1986.
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 TCDD-TÜRKÝYE CUMHURÝYETÝ DEVLET DEMÝRYOLLARI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The line is sometimes referred to as the Fukuchiyama Line.
Monday's accident on the Takarazuka Line (Fukuchiyama Line) operated by West Japan Railway Co. was not a collision between a train and a vehicle at a level crossing.
In the wake of a derailment on the Hibiya subway line in March 2000, the ministry instructed railway companies to install derailment guards on turns that were less than 200 meters in radius.
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 Fukuchiyama Line
Fukuchiyama Line (福知山線) is a railway line between Osaka and Fukuchiyama, Japan.
The southern portion of the line, known as the JR Takarazuka Line (JR宝塚線), runs through the cities of Kawanishi and Takarazuka in the northwestern corner of the Osaka metropolitan area.
Osaka Municipal Subway: Midosuji Line (Umeda Station), Tanimachi Line ( Higashi-Umeda Station), Yotsubashi Line ( Nishi-Umeda Station)
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Fukuchiyama_Line   (147 words)

  
 Government may order railways to upgrade auto brake systems - Benador Associates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The move comes after the fatal derailment of a JR Fukuchiyama Line commuter train in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25 that killed 107 people and injured 460.
The Fukuchiyama accident occurred at a sharp bend, and investigators said Saturday that the seven-car train was going as fast as 126 kph just before it derailed.
Last week, Kitagawa indicated he would not allow JR West to resume runs on the Fukuchiyama Line until it was fully equipped with the newest ATS system, and the railway resumed work on the project Tuesday.
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 Osaka Municipal Subway Yotsubashi Line [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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 fukuchiyama_line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
View on Fukuchiyama Line Accident by JRU April 28 2005 At the press conference of the foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan Today I would like to talk about an accident that occurred on Apr.25, on the...
Kyōto - Ayabe - Fukuchiyama - Toyooka - Kinosaki 3 2h24 66 km/h Kitakinki Shin-Ōsaka - Fukuchiyama line - Fukuchiyama - Toyooka - Kinosaki 8 2h33 70 km/h 6 2h43 69 km/h Kani Kani Kitakinki Ōsaka - Fukuchiyama...
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 San'in line
The line is electrified Kyōto - Kinosaki and Hōki-Daisen - Nishi-Izumo.
In 1989, a new section, mostly in tunnels, between Saga Arashiyama and Umahori replaced the old curvy line.
There are numerous local trains on the line.
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 Mikan Moblog: December 2003 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
I wonder if at least part of the reason for this is that the lines in Kyushu aren't really built for speed, and so JR Kyushu has to draw in customers with price (there are always great offers in Kyushu), with comfort and on-board amenities, and with imaginative designs.
The 'one line, three stars' emblem at the entrance to the shrine is that of the Mori clan.
At the beginning of October, the new Shinkansen station at Shinagawa opened, and the whole Shinkansen operation on the Tokaido and San'yo lines was reorganised.
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 Naples Daily News: Perspective   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
I know this line well, since one of its stops is the city of Nishinomiya, home of the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.
With little room for maneuver, the rail lines are forced to slice their way through these densely packed neighborhoods.
In Japan, criticism in the wake of the accident wasn't directed so much at the train company or the condition of the rail bed as it was on the nation's apparent obsession with punctuality.
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 Japasee.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The driver of a Hokuriku Line train heard a strange noise while his train was traveling in Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture, and made an emergency stop.
Similar traces were found on the Nagasaki Line in Saga Prefecture and the Kagoshima Line in Kumamoto Prefecture, both operated by Kyushu Railway Co. In both cases, trains were forced to stop for about 10 minutes.
Such incidents were also reported on Thursday on the Keio Electric Railway Line in Fuchu, western Tokyo, the Kinki Nippon Railway Nara Line in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, and the Keihan Railway Katano Line in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture.
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 Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | The fast buck stops here
It was the driver's fear of disrupting the tight timetable, however, that appears to have set in motion the catastrophic series of events that took the train off the rails and into the side of a block of flats, killing 107 people and injuring 460 others.
Investigators believe extra services were crammed on to the Fukuchiyama line as part of JR West's response to competition from other private rail firms in the area, a suburban sprawl between Osaka and Kobe that has seen rapid population growth in recent years.
Achieving that aim could mean reducing the number of services on the busiest lines and ending the quest for lighter, faster train carriages in favour of slower, sturdier models.
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 USPACOM Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
JAPAN -- The death toll from Monday's train derailment on the JR Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, rose to 106 Thursday, with the end of rescue operations.
According to JR West, when the Tozai Line was opened to connect Kyobashi Station to Amagasaki Station, the tracks on the Fukuchiyama Line leading to Amagasaki Station were moved.
The number of daily local and rapid train services on the Fukuchiyama Line stood at 93 when it was run by the Japanese National Railways.
www.pacom.mil /articles/articles2005/050428story2.shtml   (591 words)

  
 Mikan Moblog: San'in Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The San'in coast is north of Hiroshima, of course, but the transport links between the San'yo and San'in are for the most part not particularly good (especially the rail links), and so I've only even been to the San'in a few times.
Anyway, I was originally planning to take the Fukuchiyama Line from Amagasaki up to Fukuchiyama- when my primary objective was to visit Amanohashidate, this was a logical route.
But it means missing one part of the San'in Line, so in the end I planned my route to make a detour to Kyoto, so that I could travel the San'in Line in its entirety.
www.kamoda.com /moblog/archives/003684.html   (232 words)

  
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 Death toll from crash may top 100 : SF Indymedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The toll from the rush-hour crash on the JR Fukuchiyama Line had risen to 96 dead -- 53 males and 43 females -- and 456 injured by Wednesday afternoon, as rescuers pulled more bodies from the wreckage.
Most of the victims died instantly when the train derailed and hit the nine-story condominium, investigative sources said.
The accident occurred Monday morning near a railway crossing on JR West's Fukuchiyama Line.
sf.indymedia.org /print.php?id=1713844   (504 words)

  
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It is operated as express train “Super-Hitachi” on the Joban line between Ueno in Tokyo and Sendai in the northern Japan.
This series trains are being used in increasing numbers on the Tohoku and Takasaki lines and the Shonan-Shinjuku line, part of Tokaido mainline.
The windows on the body sides, which were combined in a line on the 281, are now clearly separated from each other.
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 The Japan Times Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The ceremony was scaled down in view of the deadly April 25 crash on the JR Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.
Meanwhile, work to build a bullet train line between Toyama and Kanazawa in the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast is scheduled to begin June 4.
For Kyushu, the government has not yet approved construction of a bullet train line between the planned Takeo-Onsen Station in Saga Prefecture and Isahaya Station in Nagasaki Prefecture because some municipal governments along the route are opposed to the financial burden that will be imposed on them.
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 Amagasaki, Hyogo - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A commuter train derailed on the JR Fukuchiyama Line near Amagasaki Station on April 25, 2005, resulting in more than 100 dead and 460 injured.
Tokaido Main Line ( JR Kobe Line) Amagasaki Station (JR) - Tachibana Station
Fukuchiyama Line ( JR Takarazuka Line) Amagasaki Station (JR) - Tsukaguchi Station (JR) - Inadera Station
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Amagasaki,_Hyogo   (222 words)

  
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From JR Shin-Osaka on the Tokaido Sanyo Shinkansen Line
« JR Tokaido Sanyo Honsen Line extending to JR Fukuchiyama Line (a.k.a Takarazuka Line) - approx.
From JR Shin-Kobe on the Tokai Sanyo Shinkansen Line
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 BBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Japan's train crash: Your reaction
The line which the train crashed connects onto the one I use daily: I will take heed to solemnly remember this from now on whenever a train I am waiting for runs behind schedule.
The JR line bound for Amagasaki was closed for the day; commuters were directed to use the Hankyu Line going in that direction instead - on my way to Kyoto this evening I noticed that passengers were allowed to use their JR commuter train passes to reach home.
I travel on this train line nearly every time I visit and to know a train that I had once travelled on is involved in such a severe crash is upsetting.
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 Itami, Hyogo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some historians claimed Itami was the place where seishu, clear sake, was invented.
Itami sits on the Hankyu Railway Itami Line and the JR Takarazuka Line ( Fukuchiyama Main Line).
This page was last modified 04:48, 2 July 2005.
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 The Japan Times Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The move follows the crash of a JR Fukuchiyama Line commuter train into a building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25 that claimed 107 lives and injured more than 500.
The 2,400 sites were determined by government calculations that took into account train speeds and the conditions of the curves, the ministry said.
The seven-car Fukuchiyama Line train derailed at a sharp bend at a speed of over 100 kph.
www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050528a4.htm   (394 words)

  
 asahi.com¡§Train death toll climbs near 100 - ENGLISH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
AMAGASAKI, Hyogo Prefecture-The death toll in the Takarazuka Line train disaster approached 100 on Wednesday as authorities were at a loss on the cause of the accident and a key witness changed his story.
The accident on the West Japan Railway Co. line, also referred to as the Fukuchiyama Line, is the worst railway disaster since the JR companies were established in 1987.
The investigators said they needed precision machinery to analyze the tracks, and that the cause of the accident might not be determined for some time.
mfeed.asahi.com /english/Herald-asahi/TKY200504280153.html   (719 words)

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