It’s a scenario that would seem to be destined to end in disaster: A large earthquake strikes as a bullet train zips along elevated tracks at speeds of around 300 kilometers per hour.
But when a train on the Tohoku Shinkansen line derailed late Wednesday after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast, none of the 75 passengers or three crew members were injured.
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