Yokohama rail crash

Yokohama rail crash

The Nihongo|Yokohama rail crash|鶴見事故|Tsurumi jiko|or "Tsurumi accident" occurred on November 9 1963 between Tsurumi Station and Shin-Koyasu Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama, Japan, about convert|30|km|-1 west of Tokyo, when two passenger trains collided with a derailed freight train, killing 161 people.

Similar accidents

* Beresfield rail disaster
* Clapham Junction rail crash

See also

* List of rail accidents


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