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xinhua news agency, tokyo, september 19 (reporter guo dan and hu xiaoge) according to japanese media reports on the evening of the 19th, the connection between the front and rear carriages of a japanese shinkansen train suddenly broke while it was traveling that morning, causing the two carriages to separate, but no casualties were caused.

japanese media said that this was the first time that a train compartment separated during operation since the shinkansen began operating in 1964. the train was traveling at a speed of 315 kilometers per hour. japanese experts said that this was a very serious accident that could have caused a train collision.

according to east japan railway company, at about 8 am on the 19th, a tohoku shinkansen train departed from akita to tokyo. when the train was traveling between furukawa station and sendai station in miyagi prefecture at a speed of 315 kilometers per hour, the connection between two carriages suddenly broke, causing the two carriages to separate.

east japan railway company said that after the accident, both carriages automatically activated the emergency brake system and stopped, and the two carriages were finally about 300 meters apart. the train did not derail, and none of the more than 300 passengers on the train were injured. after preliminary inspection, no abnormalities were found on the surface of the interface where the two carriages were connected.

east japan railway co. said it was investigating the cause of the accident.

after the accident, 72 trains on the tohoku shinkansen were suspended for about five hours, affecting the travel of about 45,000 people.