11.   A decrepit former railroad station collapsed in a seaside slum, killing four people and injuring at least three, witnesses said on Wednesday.

12.   Aksyonenko, a former railroad chief, unexpectedly vaulted to the first deputy premier post in a government shakeup last month.

13.   The fire broke out in a transformer station and shut off electricity to the signaling system operated by Japan Railway Co., the former national railroad, police said.

14.   The shutdown affected most of the heavily traveled lines in the metropolitan area operated by Japan Railway Co., the former national railroad.