CNN.com - Timeline of major Japan rail accidents - Apr 25, 2005

CNN.com - Timeline of major Japan rail accidents - Apr 25, 2005: "TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A look at several major train accidents in Japan:"
# May 3, 1962: 160 people killed in a three-train collision north of Tokyo.

# November 9, 1963: A crash involving a freight train and two passenger trains in Tsurumi, outside Tokyo, kills 161 people.

# November 6, 1972: A fire in a dining car kills 30 people in Hokurikyu tunnel in northwestern Japan.

# May 14, 1991: Train accident kills 42 people in Shigaraki, western Japan.

# March 8, 2000: Five people are killed and 33 injured when a Tokyo subway hits a derailed train.

# April 25, 2005: Commuter train derails in Amagaseki, western Japan, killing at least 50 and injuring more than 340.

Sources: Associated Press archives, Japan's National Transportation Safety Board Web site, Japan's Railway Safety Promotion Committee Web site.