General status quo report, 14 March:
JR East responded to the Japanese government's request to cut power consumption by reducing train frequency on the Joetsu and Nagano Shinkansen, limiting train...
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Official report by East Japan Railway Company on 14 March:
'On Friday 11 March 2011, Japan suffered an extremely severe earthquake, stronger than any other quake in Japan for as long as records...
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The high-speed KTX train system is causing safety concerns after a Seoul-bound train from Busan came to a halt near Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, two weeks after the derailment of a KTX train near Gwangmyeong...
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According to the Times of India on 1 February 2011, at least 15 people were killed and more than 50 seriously 'injured when over a thousand people returning from a recruitment rally of the...
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At 02:30 on 28 January, 'at least' five people died when two passenger trains collided outside Banjar, a village in West Java province, on the main island of Java. An eastbound service was stationary...
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A train carrying birthday gifts for North Korea's future leader derailed on 11 December in a possible act of revolt by the regime's opponents, according to a Seoul-based radio station. Open Radio for...
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According to the Daily Star (published in Dhaka, Bangladesh), 10 people- possibly more- died when one passenger train ran into another standing at a point north-east of the capital on 8 December....
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On 28 November, Istanbul firefighters battled a blaze that engulfed the roof of the historic Haydarpasa station building which is undergoing restoration. Most of the roof of the early 20th century...
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In the first incident of its kind in the Calcutta Metro's 26-year history, two carriages of a Garia-bound train derailed during the morning rush hour, trapping over 2,000 passengers. The derailment...
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Six people were killed and at least 50 injured when the Drutajan Express ran into a crowd of political activists on a crossing at Soidabad in the north western Sirajganj district. An angry mob set...
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