The incident on the Kanazawa Seaside Line in Yokohama is the first to cause to injuries since driverless trains were rolled out 30 years ago. The line has been shut down and it is uncertain when services will resume. - AFP
Tokyo (AFP): Fourteen passengers were injured after a driverless five-car train in suburban Tokyo went in the wrong direction and crashed into a buffer stop, Japanese police said Sunday (June 2).
Local media reported that some injuries, the first resulting from an accident involving an automated train in 30 years, appeared to be serious but non-life-threatening.
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