Mikawashima Station
Encyclopedia
is a train station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 on the Jōban Line
Joban Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company . It begins at Nippori Station in Taitō, Tokyo and follows the Pacific coasts of Chiba, Ibaraki, and Fukushima Prefectures before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanuma, Miyagi...

 in Arakawa, Tokyo
Arakawa, Tokyo
is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. The ward takes its name from the river, the Arakawa, though the Arakawa River does not run through or touch the ward. Its neighbors are the wards of Adachi, Kita, Bunkyo, Taito and Sumida. In English, the ward calls itself Arakawa City.Arakawa has...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

.

Accident

On 3 May 1962, there was a crash
Train wreck
A train wreck or train crash is a type of disaster involving one or more trains. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track; or an accident, such as when a train wheel jumps off a track in a derailment; or when a boiler...

 between a freight train and two passenger trains which resulted in 160 deaths and 296 injuries. The crash occurred about 350 meters east of Mikawashima Station when an Ueno
Ueno Station
is a major railway station inTokyo's Taitō ward. It is the station used to reach the Ueno district and Ueno Park -- which contains Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Western Art, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and other famous cultural facilities...

-bound passenger train (#2000H) crashed into the wreckage of a crash between a Toride
Toride Station
is a train station located in Toride, Ibaraki, Japan.-Platforms:-Adjacent stations:-2010 knife attack:A Japanese man, identified as 27-year old, was arrested after stabbing 14 people outside of the west entrance of Toride Station on the morning of December 17, 2010...

-bound passenger train (#2117H) and a Mito
Mito Station (Ibaraki)
is a JR East and Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo railway station located in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan.-JR East:* Jōban Line* Suigun Line-Station layout:The station consists of four island platforms serving eight tracks.-History:...

-bound freight train (#287) as well as a crowd of evacuating passengers from #2117H.

Adjacent stations

|-
!colspan=5|
Jōban Line
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK