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False quake info halts Keihin trains

Tuesday, 13 May 2008

False earthquake information has temporarily halted services on the Keihin Railway line, company officials said.

Officials at the Tokyo-based Keihin Electric Express Railway Co. suspect that test data was mistakenly transmitted to the railway operator.

At around 10:10 a.m. on Monday, the railway's central traffic control center received information that an earthquake registering lower 5 on the 7-point Japanese intensity scale jolted some areas of the Kanto region, according to officials.

In response, the control center ordered the drivers of all trains on the line to stop. However, a railway traffic controller contacted the Tokyo Metropolitan Government because he did not feel any tremor, and confirmed that the quake information was false.

Two minutes later, services on the Keihin Railway were resumed.

Keihin Railway receives quake information from Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. and Space Communications Corp.

The false information was allegedly transmitted by Space Communications, railway officials said.

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