"Unopened crossing" in Adachi-ku, Tokyo September 26, 12:19 on some elevated tracks following a fatal accident
Fifteen years ago, at a railroad crossing in Adachi-ku, Tokyo, where two people were hit by a train and died at a so-called "railroad crossing that did not open", the construction that was carried out in the wake of the accident was partially elevated on the 26th. It's been a year and a half to resolve the railroad crossing that didn't open.
On the south side of Takenotsuka Station on the Tobu Railway in Adachi-ku, Tokyo, there is a railroad crossing with a width of 32 meters that has express trains and local trains. I will.
In March 2005, a security officer who operated a barrier accidentally raised the bar of the barrier, and four women who were crossing were hit, two were killed, and two were seriously injured.
After this accident, Adachi Ward and Tobu Railway are spending about 63.6 billion yen to elevate all railroad tracks to eliminate railroad crossings, some of which are express trains on the 26th, 15 years after the accident. It was just elevated.
Keiko Kayama, who lost her 75-year-old mother in an accident 15 years ago, said, "The railroad crossing has improved a little, but it has been really long. The accident suddenly killed me and I am very sad. I hope that there will be no dangerous railroad crossings nationwide so that there will be no more. "
The construction to make it elevated is scheduled for the end of next year, and it will be another year and a half to eliminate the unopened crossing.