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In the News (Mon 30 Nov 09)

  
 Encyclopedia: Japan Airlines flight 123
About 12 minutes after takeoff, as the aircraft reached cruising altitude over Sagami Bay, its tailplane buckled, shedding 15 feet (5 m) of leading edge and the vertical stabilizer into the sea, depressurizing the cabin, and severing all four of the aircraft's hydraulic lines.
Sagami Bay (相模湾, Sagami-wan), also known as the Sagami Gulf or Sagami Sea, lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, with the Miura Peninsula to its east and the Izu Peninsula to its west.
The cause of the crash according to the offical report published by the Japanese Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission, is as follows: Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission (航空・鉄道事故調査委員会, Koku-tetsudojiko chosa iinkai, ARAIC) is the commission belonging to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Japan), founded in 1974 as Aircraft Accidents Investigation Commission.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Japan-Airlines-flight-123   (1916 words)

  
 Enoshima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Part of the city of Fujisawa, it is linked to the Katase section of the same city on the mainland by a 600 meter-long bridge.
The island is the scene of the Enoshima Engi, a history of the shrines on Enoshima written by the Japanese Buddhist monk Kokei in 1047 AD.
Katase-Enoshima Station on the Odakyu Enoshima Line of the Odakyu Electric Railway and on the Enoshima Electric Railway serves Katase and Enoshima.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Enoshima   (181 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of railway companies in Japan
Japan Railway (formerly Japanese National Railways) Japan Railway, more commonly called JR, is a collective term for the privatized descendants of the former Japanese National Railways, formed when JNR was divided into seven parts on April 1, 1987.
Nose Railway (能勢電 noseden) is a Japanese private railway which links several areas in the mountainous Nose, Osaka area to Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station in Ikeda, Osaka where one can transfer to Hankyu Railway to complete a trip into Osaka.
Railway companies of Japan Kōbe New Transit (神戸新交通 Kōbe shin-kōtsū) is the third-sector semipublic company that runs Portliner and Rokkoliner in Kobe.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-railway-companies-in-Japan   (869 words)

  
 Tokyo Train Tour - Transport system of Tokyo
There are 8 major shitetsu railway companies around Tokyo.
On the other hand, Tokyo underground railway company opened the first subway line between Asakusa and Ueno station (which is the part of the today's Ginza line) in 1927.
Eidan was expected to run the subway, taking the place of Tokyo underground railway and Tokyo rapid transit, and to build new subway lines.
www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Harbor/9128/system.html   (691 words)

  
 Sagami   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sagami Sagami (相模国; -no kuni) was an Musashi and Suruga provinces.
Sagami Bay Sagami Bay (相模湾, Sagami-wan), also known as the Sagami Gulf or Sagami Sea, lies south o...
Sagami Railway The Sagami Railway (相模鉄道)is a Sotetsu Main Line, the Izumino Line from Futama...
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/sagami.html   (54 words)

  
 Sagami Railway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sagami Railway plans to increase the pretax profit before extraordinary items to 12.3 billion yen and the interest-bearing debt/EBITDA to 9 times for fiscal 2006 ending March 31, 2007.
Sagami Railway also failed to spin off the bus operations in October 2004.
JCR considers that Sagami Railway should raise the competitive strength and improve the financial health without delay.
211.9.207.178 /Edata/E9003.htm   (234 words)

  
 Lilliput Model Railway - New Locomotives
Lilliput is wired "backwards" compared to normal model railways, so the Athern motor had to be removed, insulated from the chassis (since it has a pickup there) and reinstalled with the wires swapped.
Kadee couplings were added to both ends and the model locked in a display cabinet until I could bring myself to let it loose on the railway (it stayed on display for about a year).
The loco was converted during construction to a Sagami motor.
www.marineland.co.nz /lilliput/new_locos.php   (1161 words)

  
 The Setting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Enoshima Island is located in Sagami Bay, which is bounded by the Miura Peninsula on the east and the Izu Peninsula on the west.
In the 1964 Alaska earthquake subsidence caused flooding of piers, docks, highways, railways, airstrips, and houses over many hundreds of square kilometres, as they were permanently lowered relative to sea-level.
The difference between the elevation of the Kashio River at its sources and at its mouth is not large, and the river tends to flow slowly when not in flood.
www2.gol.com /users/bartraj/TheSetting-1.html   (3089 words)

  
 The Advertiser: Driver injured in train accident [ 27apr05 ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The car broke through the railway crossing bar in Yokohama and crashed into the side of the fourth carriage of the eight-car train, which was carrying 130 passengers, a police official said.
The vehicle's driver, who was about 70, was seriously injured although his life was not in danger, the official said.
Teruhisa Tanaka, a spokesman for Sagami railway, said: "There were no reports of injuries," to passengers.
www.theadvertiser.news.com.au /printpage/0,5942,15101802,00.html   (163 words)

  
 Southern Kanto Region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Keikyu was the first electric railway in the Kanto region and began operations using electric trams in 1899.
The Sagami Line runs parallel to the Sagami River, and was constructed between 1915 and 1931 in order to transport gravel from the river.
Sagami Railway track carries trains from Yokohama Station westerly into the interior of the prefecture.
www.jrtr.net /jrtr33/s50_tak.html   (5887 words)

  
 European and Pacific Stars & Stripes
"Sagami Bay Zone" Many tanks in the Sagami Bay Zone of the aquarium tell of the crucial interconnection between humans and sealife.
The small local railroad runs along the coast of Sagami Bay to the coast just off Enoshima, a small island in the bay.
Until 1891, when the first wooden bridge was built, people visited the island on ferries or walked to the island when the tide ebbed and land emerged.
www.pstripes.com /article.asp?section=103&article=22195   (385 words)

  
 Hiratsuka Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Hiratsuka, with a population of 254,013 and 89,415 households (as of May 1, 1995) is located almost in the center of Kanagawa Prefecture, some 60km (38 miles) southwest of Tokyo, and 60km east of Mt. Fuji.
The city has a 4.8 km border facing the Pacific Ocean, and is blessed with relatively mild ocean-modified temperatures in both summer and winter, the average being 15 C (59 F).
The city is surrounded by a number of natural scenic spots-- The Pacific ocean, Sagami Bay, the Sagami and Hanamizu rivers on its eastern and western borders, and the Tanzawa mountain range stretching toward the northwest.
www2.gol.com /users/csr-kts/hiratsuka   (656 words)

  
 The result of the Spring Struggle (SHUNTO)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sagami Railway Labor Union, by taking part in the industrial coordinated struggle under the umbrella of the General Federation of Private Railway & Bus Workersf Unions - Shitetsu Soren, organized the Shunto Struggle for the year 2002.
As such, the wage increases achieved other than the agreed amount at SHUNTO will be nil, in other words the amount stays the same as the previous year.
Therefore, we demanded the establishment of a regular wage increase system in this yearfs SHUNTO, however we couldnft come to an agreement with the management; the end result was the increase by JPY 4,000 for an average worker of 30 years old with 12 year consecutive employment record.
www.sotetsu-lu.or.jp /bk/kekka2002s-gaibu-e.html   (196 words)

  
 Transportation in Yokohama
The Keikyu Railways connect Shinagawa with Yokohama and Haneda Airport.
Yokohama is served by four railway companies (JR East, Tokyu Railway, Keikyu Railway and Sagami Railway), a municipal subway line and a bus network.
Train lines of all four railway companies and the subway line pass through Yokohama Station, which is located in the city center.
www.japan-guide.com /e/e2360.html   (402 words)

  
 Japanese Overnight Buses
Lake and Port レークandポート (Yokohama to Tazawa Lake, Akita Prefecture; Sagami Railway and Ugo Kotsu): Same method as "Maple Harbor", the name was made up of gathered from its destination; "Lake" referring to the Tazawa Lake, "Port" referring to Yokohama.
Poseidon ポゼイドン (Yokohama to Tokuyama; Sagami Railway and Bocho Kotsu): The route was converted to "Alba" in November 1993.
Sunset サンセット (Yokohama to Niigata; Sagami Railway and Niigata Kotsu): "Sunset" referring to the time when the sun goes down.Why a nickname using that word when the bus normally left each destination after the sun has completely go down.
www.japanbuses.com /japlishnames.html   (3005 words)

  
 "Japanese Model Supplies - Private Railways Page"
There are many private railways in Japan that run a competing service with the JR company in their area.
A small private railway in north-eastern Honshu, with two separate lines that run along the scenic east coast.
A 3rd sector railway, that uses lines made obsolete by the introduction of the Nagano Shinkansen.
japanese-model-supplies.com /private.html   (2512 words)

  
 About the Sotetsu labor union   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sotetsu labor union is the labor union which the labor of Sagami Railway Co.,Ltd.
A labor movement is done in all the workplace.
transportation industry such as a railway and a bus was concentrated on.
www.sotetsu-lu.or.jp /gaiyou/gaiyou_e01.html   (175 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's three largest railway companies sold their stock investments and paid off debt early to sustain their profits, as a shrinking workforce put fewer people on public transport and caused annual sales to stall.
The shrinking workforce is pushing Japanese railway and public transport companies to turn to sales from station retail stores to supplement their income.
A Sagami Railway Co. train hit a car at a crossing today in Yokohama city west of Tokyo.
www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=aop1BtqV.Bz4   (885 words)

  
 Sagami Railway Co., Ltd., Limited, Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The second study considers how labor deployment and productivity indicators for Sagami Railway Co., Ltd. differ from the global benchmarks.
It looks at the amount of labor required to operate Sagami Railway Co., Ltd. and the resulting return on human investment.
Important Disclaimer: This report was not prepared on behalf of or for Sagami Railway Co., Ltd..
www.icongrouponline.com /pr/Sagami_Railway_Co_,_Ltd_JP/PR.html   (649 words)

  
 List of railway companies in Japan. Who is List of railway companies in Japan? What is List of railway companies in ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Who is List of railway companies in Japan?
Definition of List of railway companies in Japan.
Meaning of List of railway companies in Japan.
knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/List_of_railway_companies_in_Japan   (73 words)

  
 NZR Class D 2-4-0T locomotive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The prototype of this model was the product of an attempt to stifle public criticism levelled at the NZ Government Railway's policy of importing locomotives when there was a local industry capable of competing.
The design of this small locomotive was based on the 'Metropolitan' type from the Beyer Peacock stable and a design for the Norwegian railway system.
The first orders were fulfilled by Neilson and Company and Dubs and Company (both of Scotland) which firms supplied locomotives of this class from 1874 to 1880.
downunder.railfan.net /d140.html   (169 words)

  
 Japan Times: Minivan hits train in Yokohama
YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) A man was seriously injured Wednesday morning when his minivan went through the gate of a grade crossing in Yokohama and ran into a passing train on the Sotetsu Honsen Line, police said.
The driver was rushed to the hospital, but none of the passengers on the eight-car Sagami Railway Co. train were hurt, according to the police.
The minivan crashed into the fifth car of the train at the crossing between Tennocho and Hoshikawa stations just past 9 a.m., the police said.
www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/makeprfy.pl5?nn20050428a8.htm   (85 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
The '''Sagami Railway''' (相模鉄道) or Sōtetsu (相鉄) is a Rail transport railway company operating in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
The Sagami Railway is different from the East Japan Railway Company JR Sagami Line.
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Sagami Railway.
www.mauspfeil.net /Sagami_Railway.html   (153 words)

  
 Sagamihara, Japan - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
According to a memorandum issued early this fall by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, the commissaries at Sagamihara Housing Area, Sagami General...
Those targeted for certain closure are Idar-Oberstein, Neubrücke, and Panzer Casern in Germany; Camp Kure, Sagami Depot and Sagamihara in Japan; and Chinhae...
Judging is at 6 pm Dec. 16 for Zama, Dec. 18 at Sagamihara and Dec. 19 for Sagami Depot.
www.4newz.net /world/nz/Sagamihara.html   (1424 words)

  
 General Survey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sagami Railway Co., Ltd. will split off its bus division in the form of a transfer of trade rights.
At the same time, the process varies: while some companies spin off a single business operation, others opt for a merger of a division with another group company, or with a rival company, while others spin off a division when a share-holding company is established.
Judging from the case of Sagami Railway Co., Ltd. where the firm chose a transfer of business activities over a spinoff, it appears that the union's response concerning spinoffs will be extremely important.
www.jil.go.jp /bulletin/year/2001/vol40-12/01.htm   (895 words)

  
 BreakingNews.ie: Japan sees another train collision
The minivan had edged on to the tracks at a rail crossing in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, and hit the privately run Sagami Railway train as it was passing by, a Kanagawa prefecture police spokesman said.
The car’s driver was seriously injured and was taken to a nearby hospital, he said.
The Sagami line suspended service after the crash but its trains started running again about an hour later.
breaking.tcm.ie /2005/04/27/story199909.html   (281 words)

  
 UrbanRail.Net > Asia > Japan > YOKOHAMA Subway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Yokohama has 3.4 million inhabitants (second largest city in Japan) and is situated on the south-western shore of the Tokyo Bay, only 30 km from Central Tokyo.
In spite of the high population, Yokohama has only one real subway line which is complemented by several local railways which offer a dense rail network also within the city (especially the Sotetsu and the Keikyu Lines).
This subway is operated jointly with the Tokyu Toyoko commuter railway, which runs from Yokohama to Shibuya in Tokyo (35 min).
www.urbanrail.net /as/yoko/yokohama.htm   (459 words)

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