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The part that connected the cars shifted to the side, with the train coming to a halt at an overpass. The passengers were safely evacuated from the train.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation, with the Japan Transport Safety Board dispatching two railway accident investigators to the site.
Train services between Kyoto and Kamitobaguchi stations on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line were suspended, while there were disruptions in other sections.
A 19-year-old university student at Kyoto Station who takes that line every day, said, "It is frightening to think what it would have been like if the train I was on derailed.
