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Yokohama subway train derails; no injuries

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What's up with public transportation in Yokohama? First the automated train going backwards, now this.

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after running over a temporary turnout that had been left on top of the tracks

So, the driver didn’t see it and the workers left it there. There goes the neighborhood folks! Japanese trains are not as perfect as they state.

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Its 10:30 at night, and the blue line is still stopped

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Who forgot to remove the turnout?

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Staff did not realize it had been left on the tracks as a warning light had incorrectly given the all-clear.

Human and system error. A freak accident. Add another line to the human checklist.

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It's now a day later and it's still stopped

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Someone is definitely going to lose thier job over this.

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Someone is definitely going to lose thier job over this.

Probably not. This is Japan, not America. They'll be heavily punished within the organization. Not fired.

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WOW!

That's a first for J transport!

So excellent to date !!!!!

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Back in the early nineties when I was working a late-night part-time gig for a company responsible for doing some work in a tunnel on the Keikyu Line, we accidentally left a handcar on the tracks. The first train hit the thing and got damaged but none of us got fired. The boss took a lot of heat I believe. Human and machine error are things we will NEVER be able to erase completely.

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