Travel to Hokadate and Wakkanai Suspended from Sapporo

[Guest ___]

http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/pdf/e/global20130711.pdf

 

The incident appears to have occurred on the 6th, but the english PDF did not go up until the 11th.Five days before posting a notice, sweet.

 

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/press/2013/130711-1-3.pdf&usg=ALkJrhhLEdyOz8RUg9fc34_7DpFxyFOOeA

 

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/press/2013/130708-1.pdf&usg=ALkJrhgrJTPw8V8mMt_XycWasw7ZBqhZgg

 

UPDATE: It is only some trains due to a fire at an engine house. However several train sets have been reported damaged so it is not a total suspension, but it is quite a few trains.

Edited July 11, 2013 by Shashinka

[Densha]

I googled for the title of the pdf file and found this very clear news article:

http://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_society/articles/000008357.html

The train caught fire on the Hokuto 14 service on the Hakodate line. All trains of the same type are not allowed to run until the cause of the 5cm hole of leaking oil which caused the fire is found.

 

Please correct me if I translated the video commentary wrong or if google translate messed up the article text which I also used.

 

Yet another JR Hokkaido train on fire though...

Edited July 11, 2013 by Densha

[bikkuri bahn]

The problem, which occured twice before, was a broken part in the fuel regulation mechanism (connected with the throttle line?)- it caused the engine to over-rev, and resulted in the cranks on two pistons to break from their connection to the crankshaft (it's a boxer-type configuration), the flying parts punched a 10cm-wide hole in the engine block and a fire ensued.

 

I'll try to make a more detailed post w/pictures later.  The Hokkaido Shimbun ( the local fishwrap) is doing excellent coverage of this incident.

Edited July 12, 2013 by bikkuri bahn

[JR 500系]

Oh the Super Hokuto! I was on board the Kiha-283 last year... Glad no one was injuried in the event...

[Densha]

I think it's the normal Hokuto service judging from the 183 series shown on the video from Asahi TV.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokuto_%28train%29

[Sacto1985]

Aren't those KiHa 183's old models that date from JNR days? I'm surprised that JR Hokkaido haven't phased them out by now in favor of more KiHa 281 or 283 trainsets.

[Guest ___]

Anyone hear anything about a fire today on a JR-H train around Chitose? The gf says it is in the news right now?

[Guest ___]

北海道のJR千歳線で15日、走行中の特急列車から火が出て緊急停止し、乗客が避難したトラブルで、JR北海道が陳謝した。

会見で、JR北海道は「誠に申し訳ございませんでした」と謝罪した。

JR北海道によると、火が出た配電盤の中には、空調を制御するスイッチなどが収められており、14日夜、目視で行った点検では、異常はなかったという。

JR北海道は、配電盤に過剰な電気が流れたり、部品に不具合があった可能性もあるとして、出火原因を引き続き調べている。

今回のトラブルでは、列車83本が運休し、2万人に影響が出ている。

[miyakoji]

Looks like it might be true, first line in the green section marked 2013.07.15 on their Japanese homepage: http://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/index.html .  It's linked to a pdf http://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/press/2013/130715-1.pdf .   It says that there was a fire around 9:13 AM in an electrical panel on the Super Ozora bound for Kushiro.  The service started at Sapporo at 9:04 AM.  The car was KIRO282-2, which is part of the KIHA281 series.  Wikipedia says these have been in service since 1994, with the earliest ones built in 1992.

[bikkuri bahn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO6_-6SIi34

 

83 train services were cancelled, and around 20,000 passengers affected.  I would have hated being one of the many who were trying to get to the airport on the last day of a three-day weekend.

[Densha]

This is not good for JR Hokkaido's reputation, just look at that list in the video!

[JR 500系]

Now that has got to be the Kiha-283 Super-Oozora now right? Confused as the original was stated Hokuto and now it's limited express Super-Oozora... I have seen the Kiha-283 being used on Super-Hokuto service though...

 

Did the news-man just said: JR Hokkaido 'mata' Sharyo Trouble desu' ... MATA? Again? Amazed there was so many cases before this:

 

March - Limited Express Hokuto - smoke

April - Limited Express Hokuto - Fire

May - Limited Express Super Gamou - Fire

6th July - Limited Express Hokuto - Fire

Yesterday - Ishikari Rai ?? (forgot that Katagana) - Smoke

Yesterday - Limited Express Super-Oozora - Fire

 

Luckily there were no injuries... Don't get the last part of the news... Did JR Hokkaido provided the air route service reimbursement for affected commuters from Sapporo to Shin-Chitose Airport and Tomakome ?? Or are they just saying please use the air route for this period of time?

 

*Darn i need to work harder on my Japanese.....*

[westfalen]

This is not good for JR Hokkaido's reputation, just look at that list in the video!

The other JRs must be starting to wish they'd get their act together too before the image rubs off on them.