Rokken rail accident

Quando

15 de out. de 1956

Tipo

Acidente ferroviário

Coordenadas

34.62° N, 136.51° E

Description

train wreck

Deaths

42

Injured

94

1956 railway incident in Japan

The Rokken railway accident occurred on October 15, 1956, when two passenger trains collided and derailed at Rokken Station on the Japan National Railways (JNR) Sangu Line in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture. The accident led to the implementation of improvements in the Japanese rail signaling system.

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