Slime on the line: slug blamed for power failure on Japanese railways

Part of the country’s famously efficient network were plunged into chaos after the mollusc short-circuited electrical equipment

A slug has been blamed for a power outage that halted dozens of trains and delayed 12,000 passengers in Japan, the railway operator said on Sunday.

The power failed on two lines serving southern Japan operated by Kyushu Railway, known as JR Kyushu, on 30 May.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2J10um0