very bad news

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Very bad news indeed, not much to discuss. I hope JR West does everything to avoid this happening again.
R.I.P.

"At least 30,000 trains daily" (http://www.japanrail.com/meetourtrains.php) are operated in Japan, what makes an amazing 11 million trains a year; you get an idea of how densely used are Japanese railroads and how safe they are despite today's accident, the worst since 1991.

90+ fatalities now, big blow to japan's railway safety record

90+ fatalities now, big blow to japan's railway safety record

90 O_O

If that accident happened during my visit my parants went crazy for sure. I don`t have a mobile phone during my trips.

thats the whole point of travelling

to escape

I never contact a soul back home when I go

oh my... a whole lotta nypon soppa, so sad

^ What the hell is nypon soppa?!

Anyway though, very sad news. It is definately, as someone said, a huge stain on Japan's reputation for safety. :(

Poirot, it's rosehip soup. Just an expression he used ;)

This is sad news but given the extreme amount of rail traffic in Japan it's inevitable that some large accident will happen. It's still by far the best in the world imo.