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JR West to Guide Families to Preserved Amagasaki Crash Train as Facility Nears Completion

The pledge follows a Nov. 8 briefing to bereaved families, signaling a concrete step in a long-running effort to engage victims of the 2005 derailment.

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Overview

  • JR West President Shoji Kurasaka told families on Nov. 8 in Takarazuka that the storage facility for the 2005 Amagasaki derailment train will be finished in mid-December and that families will be escorted to view it once ready.
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