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Tsurumi rail accident

1963 in JapanAccidents and incidents involving Japanese National RailwaysDerailments in JapanNovember 1963 events in AsiaRail transport in Kanagawa Prefecture
Railway accidents in 1963Transport in YokohamaTōkaidō Main Line

The Tsurumi rail accident (鶴見事故, Tsurumi jiko, or "Tsurumi accident") occurred on November 9, 1963 between Tsurumi and Shin-Koyasu stations on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama, Japan, about 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of Tokyo, when two passenger trains collided with a derailed freight train, killing 162 people.

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Tsurumi rail accident
Yokohama Tsurumi Ward

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