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1 May | • | Cargo handled at Sihanoukville,
Cambodia's only deep-sea port, jumped
30% from previous year to 707,705 tons
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3 May | • | Antonov 24 passenger airliner
operated by private Sudanese airline failed
to make emergency landing near Khartoum
in sandstorm killing all 53 passengers and
crew
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9 May | • | German parliament approved
building of high-speed magnetic levitation
train to link Berlin and Hamburg. If financing
successful, service schedule to start by
2005, covering 297-km distance in less
than 1 hour, 2 hours faster than by conventional
train
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11 May | • | Valujet DC-9 passenger airliner
crashed in Miami Everglades with no survivors
among 109 on board. Aircraft returning
to Miami after reporting irregularity
during take-off
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13 May | • | ‘Silk Railroad’ linking Iran and
Turkmenistan opened by presidents of
both countries. 295-km railroad runs
from Tedjen in southern Turkmenistan via
Sarakhs to Meshkhed in eastern Iran
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20 May | • | British Rail privatization entered
final stage with flotation of Railtrack. Eighteen
of 25 franchises to operate passenger
services still to be auctioned
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| • | Ferry sank in Bangladesh River
Jamuna killing 100 after collision with another
ferry
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21 May | • | Ferry capsized on Lake Victoria,
Tanzania, leaving 500 dead. Probably carrying
over 600 people, or more than 40%
over capacity
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22 May | • | British Airways became world's
most profitable airline with earnings up
29.4% over previous year. Pretax profits
of $889 million surpassed $769 million
earned by Singapore Airlines, No. 1 last
year
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25 May | • | Among privatized companies of
defunct JNR, JR East, JR Central, and JR
West posted higher sales and profits for
fiscal 1995 as result of increased passengers
and lower interest rates. JR Kyushu
returned to black, while JR Hokkaido, JR
Shikoku and JR Freight suffered pretax and
net losses
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28 May | • | Chinese authorities gave approval
to JAL and ANA to use new Japan-
Beijing route passing over Seoul cutting
current flight time by 1 hour
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| • | Tohoku and Joetsu Shinkansen
passengers passed 800 million. 28 May
marked 5089 days since preliminary opening
of Omiya-Morioka sector on 23 June
1982 with 327.5 million train km travelled
over period
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30 May | • | JAL net annual operating revenue
returned to black for first time since
FY 1991 thanks to increase in international
passenger traffic and cost-cutting measures.
ANA and JAS also posted best-ever
operating revenues
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31 May | • | Blue Ribbon and Laurel Prizes
awarded by Railway Fan Club to JR
Kyushu's tilting Series 883 Sonic Nichirin,
JR Freight's Car Rack System, and JR
Central's Series 383 Shinano
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1 June | • | Passenger train hit four loose
freight cars from another train in Kemerovo
region of Siberia killing 50
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3 June | • | Passenger train slammed into
crowded bus in Mazatlan, Mexico, killing
33 and injuring 13
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6 June | • | Multiple-use prepaid cards with
eight magnetic tracks to prevent fare-cheating
introduced by bus and train companies
in Kanto and Kansai areas of Japan. Cards
alleviate through-fare problems by allowing
passengers to use transport of more
than one company. Card records passenger
travel information and provides data on
accrued revenue owed to each company
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11 June | • | New record set for overseas
travel according to 1995 White Paper on
Tourism released by Prime Minister's Office.
Domestic travellers down 7% from
previous year, reflecting natural disasters,
other incidents, and economic trends.
Length of stay and number of trips per person
also down on previous year for second
year running. Overseas travel benefitted
from strong yen, with total of 15.3
million overseas travellers, 12.7% increase
over previous year setting new record
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| • | Explosion in Sao Paulo shopping
centre killed at least 37, mostly shoppers,
and injured over 300. Accident probably
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12 June | • | Japan Railway Technical Service
(JARTS) concluded agreement with
GEIE Alpetunnel which plans to build the
world's longest tunnel as part of a new highspeed
railway between Lyon and Turin.
Japan Railway Construction Public Corp.,
and the Railway Technical Research Institute
to provide technical assistance in constructing
54-km Alps Tunnel
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13 June | • | Garuda DC-10 aircraft overran
runway during takeoff and burned at
Fukuoka Airport, Japan, leaving 3 dead
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15 June | • | Japan's postwar road accident
victims passed 500,000 mark. Last year
number of victims passed 10,000 for 8th
successive year. One third of victims over
65 years of age
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18 June | • | Kintetsu Group completed resort
on Bintan Island, Indonesia. Six
Kintetsu Group corporations led by Kinki
Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. and their joint
venture partners held opening ceremony
for Bintan Lagoon Golf and Beach Resort
on Bintan Island
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21 June | • | JR West made official application
to have stocks listed on Tokyo and
Osaka Stock Exchanges. JNR Settlement
Corp., to hold bidding in August to determine
selling price, with listing planned for
October
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22 June | • | With stocks of JR East, JR West
and JR Central already listed or in process
of listing, JNR Settlement Corp. announced
possible completion of JR privatization by
end of fiscal 1997
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25 June | • | First two cars of Hida No.15
express bound for Takayama from Nagoya
derailed when train hit large rock near Gero.
Driver and 16 passengers injured
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