Escalator at Nagoya subway suddenly stops, slightly injuring 11

Saturday 10th May, 03:44 AM JST

NAGOYA —

An escalator at a Nagoya subway station suddenly stopped and briefly moved in the opposite direction on Friday morning, causing 11 people to sustain minor injuries, local police said. Nine men and two women, from ages 25 to 59, suffered injuries such as cuts and bruises. The accident occurred at around 8:15 a.m. at the Hisayaodori Station on the Sakuradori subway line in Nagoya city, according to the police.

The escalator, which is about 19-meters long and has 52 steps, transports passengers to the Meijo subway line, police said. At the time of the accident, the escalator was crowded with commuters and about 50 people were on the escalator, they said. After stopping suddenly, the escalator moved in the opposite direction for a few seconds and people fell backwards. Police found that the inner edge of the fourth step from the bottom was dented by a width of about 10 centimeters and a depth of 3 cm.

6 Comments

telecasterplayer at 12:25 AM JST - 10th May

Japanese escalators sure have a lot of problems! I've never read of escalator accidents anywhere else, just Japan.
beavis at 05:13 AM JST - 10th May

Where can we see the video?
upnorth71 at 09:38 AM JST - 10th May

telecasterplayer,

the high number of accidents may have to do the sheer number of escalators in use in Japan, vis a vis other developed nations- the built up, compact vertical nature of urban areas here, as well as the highly developed public transportation network requires a large number of escalators.
Kwaabish at 10:24 AM JST - 10th May

telecast,

Try "Google". There's plenty of escalator accidents all over the globe.
thepossum at 12:42 PM JST - 12th May
What's this ? More issues with Japan's poorly designed escalators ? Seems to me I was squaking about this just a few weeks ago:

-Exactly princeska ! The problem is "the escalators" !

-Fact is, Japanese run up and down, push and shove, and basically act like a buncha wild galloots on the nations escalators !

-I say METI focus more on Toshiba and Otis Elevator for their next investigation. I mean really now, just look at the design... trofts that creat gaps and uneven surfaces like the Japanese have created a water drainage system for their escalators ! Damn strange if you ask me !
- Japan's escalator systems though... bad ideas and poor designs from day one !
-this still doesn't address the issue of the escalator design !

-They should be questioning the escalator manufacturers. Case closed !

By the way, why is the name of the escalator company not named here ? Is this a secret ? Does anyone know ? Personally I'd like to avoid using escalators made by this company... they are obviously dangerous !
sarcasm123 at 03:41 PM JST - 12th May

"-Fact is, Japanese run up and down, push and shove, and basically act like a buncha wild galloots on the nations escalators !"

Heh. The first thing I always notice when arriving abroad is that people just stand on both sides blocking everything.

You can bash and complain all you want, but concerning escalater manners Japan is like heaven.