- Naka-Meguro train disaster
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Naka-Meguro train disaster Details Date 8 March 2000 Time approx 9:00 am Location Near Naka-Meguro Station Country Japan Rail line Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Operator Tokyo Metro Type of incident Derailment Statistics Trains 2 Deaths 5 Injuries 63 The Naka-Meguro train disaster occurred in Japan on 8 March 2000. Five people were killed and 63 were injured when a derailed Eidan Hibiya Line train was sideswiped by a second train near Naka-Meguro Station.
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Accident events
At around 9 a.m. on 8 March 2000, the rearmost car of an eight-car Eidan Hibiya Line (now Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line) train from Kita-Senju to Kikuna derailed on the tight curve immediately before Naka-Meguro Station. The derailed car was then hit by the fifth and sixth cars of an eight-car Tobu Railway train travelling in the opposite direction from Naka-Meguro to Takenotsuka.
Factors
It is generally the case that the distance between the tracks less the width of the carriages only allows about 600mm, so that if a train derails on the same side as the other track, it will almost certainly be foul of the other track, making a collision inevitable. Track circuits do not detect derailments, so it requires prompt action from the train crew to warn the opposing train.
See also
- List of rail accidents (2000–2009)
- Waterfall train disaster - derailment caused by overspeed.
References
- Failure Knowledge Database 日比谷線の列車脱線衝突 Retrieved on 27 August 2008 (Japanese)
Railway accidents in 2000 Location and date Åsta, Norway (4 January) • Brühl, Germany (6 February) • Naka-Meguro, Japan (8 March) • Hatfield, England (17 October) • Kaprun, Austria (11 November) • Sarai Banjara, India (2 December) • Manila, Philippines (30 December)
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Categories:- Japan rail transport stubs
- Railway accidents in Japan
- Railway accidents in 2000
- 2000 in Japan
- Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
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