Photo taken in a town near Hakodate, Hokkaido, shows a freight train that derailed on Nov. 16, 2024. - Photo: Kyodo
TOKYO: (Bernama-Xinhua) -- A freight train derailed in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Saturday (Nov 16), disrupting some passenger and commercial railway services, reported Xinhua citing local media.
The emergency brake was applied while the freight train was traveling between stations in a town near Hakodate, a southern city in the prefecture, and the driver confirmed some cars had derailed, Kyodo News said, citing the operator JR Freight.
