What the records say
- When
- 25 Feb 1947
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 35.87° N, 139.34° E
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 184
Placed at the coordinates of its German Wikipedia article.
Hachikō Line derailment
1947 railway accident in Japan
The Hachikō Line derailment was a major fatal railway accident which occurred on 25 February 1947 between Komagawa and Higashi-Hannō stations on the Hachikō Line in Japan. It is the worst railway accident to have occurred in Japan.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hachikō Line derailment: The worst-ever train accident in Japan kills 184 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “accident ferroviaire de la Ligne Hachikō au Japon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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