HachikÅ Line derailment
The railway accident by Hanno (Japanese八 高 线 列车 脱 线 転 覆 事故, Hachikō -sen ressha dassen tempuku jiko, dt " derailment and subversion on the Hachikō Line" ) occurred on February 25, 1947 on the Hachikō Line, in of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, between the stations of Higashi- Hanno and Komagawa in today Hidaka, about 30 km west of Tokyo, as a train was worn for speeding from a curve. 184 passengers were killed.
Starting position
The route has between the stations Higashi- Hanno and Komagawa on a significant slope. The wrecked train sailed the route down the mountain. It was formed from old cars with wooden structure and was pulled by a steam locomotive.
The accident
The train derailed in a curve on a section with a slope of 20%. The last four of the six crowded passenger cars overturned and 5.6 m deep from the track bed on a field. This was caused by excessive speed, because the train had not been adequately braked. The wooden cars were largely destroyed, which contributed significantly to the extent of the accident.
Follow
184 people died and 495 were injured. This time was the worst rail accident in Japanese postwar history. The accident was an opportunity to replace up to 1955, still about 3,000 in use coaches with wooden superstructures by vehicles from steel.