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Japanese Railways Slow to Eliminate Dangerous Crossings

Progress has been slow when it comes to eliminating train crossings that have no automatic gates or red warning signals. These “class 4” crossings have been plagued by a constant stream of accidents…

  • Japanese Railways slow to eliminate dangerous class 4 crossings.
  • Only 60 of 2,200 class 4 crossings closed annually due to resident consent and high costs.
  • Chichibu Railway plans to eliminate all class 4 crossings by 2024 after accidents.

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