On the night of the 2nd, an inbound train and a outbound train running on a single track on the JR Kawagoe Line were in trouble, and it was found that both trains were checking the green light when leaving the station. I was.
JR is investigating the possibility of a malfunction in the signal system.
Before 10:00 pm on the 2nd, the outbound train that departed from Sashiogi Station in Saitama City on the JR Kawagoe Line and the inbound train that departed from Minami-Furuya Station in Kawagoe City reached a distance of about 600 meters on the same single track. There was trouble approaching.
According to JR East, when the trains detected that they were approaching each other, the signal turned "red", so the drivers of each train stopped and there was no accident.
Due to this trouble, the Kawagoe Line was suspended for about 3 hours, and about 200 passengers on the two trains were trapped inside.
The two trains left the station at 9:51 pm and 52 pm on the 2nd, respectively, and at that time, they confirmed that the signal at the station was ``green''.
Most of the section between Sashiogi Station and Minami-Furuya Station is a single track, and JR East had a problem with the signal system because the signals at both the up and down stations never turned green at the same time. We are looking into the possible causes.