Talk:2004 Derailment of Joetsu Shinkansen

I used "Shangye-Yuehou New Trunk Line" as title of this page, like all name of Chinese High speed rails such "Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway" or "Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway".Grjgt893u34 (talk) 21:05, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

"New Trunk Line" is the name of High Speed Rail used in Japan.Grjgt893u34 (talk) 21:05, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Grjgt893u34 (talk) 22:51, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

The Derailment of Shangye-Yuehou New Trunk Line (上越新幹線脱線事故), is a train derailed in October 23, 2004 as earthquakes occurred in Zhongyue, Xinxi County, Japan. It is first derailment accident on commercial operations of New Trunk Line (high speed rail in Japan).Grjgt893u34 (talk) 22:51, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Summary
At JST 17:56 October 23, 2004, an earthquake occurred, the epicenter near the train carrying about 155 passengers currently running at the place between Puzuo Station and Changgang Station of Shangye-Yuehou New Trunk Line, which also called "Shangyue Xingganxian" (上越新幹線),the north entrance of Longguo Tunnel, which heading for Xinxi from Dongjing with train number of "Zhulu 325 (とき325号)", 8 of 10 coaches were derailed, except coach 6 and coach 7.Grjgt893u34 (talk) 22:51, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

As the earthquake occurred, the trains were running with a speed of 200 km/h for Changgang, the emergency braking system started to work immediately at the alert of the earthquake. This is the first derailment of New Trunk Line ever since the operation of Donghaidao New Trunk Line in October 1964.Grjgt893u34 (talk) 22:51, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

The derailment caused no any injuries or death.Grjgt893u34 (talk) 22:51, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Aftermath
The aftershocks continued to occur at Xinxi region afterward, causing great difficulty in cleaning derailment wrecks. At November 18, 2004, the train wreck had been cleared and operations were resumed on December 28. Due to severe damage, the train was abondoned from service in February 25, 2005, and replaced by E2 Series New Trunk LineGrjgt893u34 (talk) 22:51, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Investigation
In November 30, 2007, Japanese Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission released the official report regarding to this derailment of Shangyue New Trunk Line, and it gave the advices about adjust of operations of New Trunk Line.Grjgt893u34 (talk) 22:51, 28 March 2015 (UTC) Grjgt893u34 (talk) 22:51, 28 March 2015 (UTC)