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1 Chome-10-6 Kishiya, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 230-0078, Japan
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N35° 29' 33.1" E139° 39' 46.6"
(35.492527777778, 139.66294444444)
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The Tsurumi rail accident (鶴見事故, Tsurumi jiko, or "Tsurumi accident") occurred on November 9, 1963 between Tsurumi Station and Shin-Koyasu Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama, Japan, about 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of Tokyo, when two passenger trains collided with a derailed freight train, killing 162 people.