Kintetsu Train Collides with Car; No Injuries Among 100 Passengers (Update1)

The Yomiuri Shimbun

13:02 JST, December 20, 2025 (updated at 15:30 JST, Dec. 20)

A Kintetsu Railway express train carrying about 100 passengers collided with a car at a railroad crossing near Shin-Hosono Station in Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, at around 11 a.m. on Saturday.

According to the fire department, all passengers were evacuated and no one on the train was injured.

The train stopped near the platform at the station, while the car caught fire, which spread to the train. The fire was extinguished about 50 minutes later. Firefighters are currently working to rescue the occupants of the car.

The four-car express train was bound for Kashihara Jingu-mae Station from Kyoto Station.