According to a Taiwan media report on the 18th, this morning, a strange accident occurred on the Taiwan Railway, and a smoke accident occurred on the way of a train, which was urgently stopped on the way, and when it was dragged back for maintenance, it was derailed again.
Screenshot of Taiwan media report
According to Taiwan media reports, the 2004 shuttle bus of Taiwan Railways had a fire accident at Changhua Station this morning. The "Taiwan Railway Bureau" said that due to the high axle temperature, the rubber products were melted and smoke appeared.
Subsequently, the train between Taichung and Changhua was suspended, and passengers had to change trains, and the smoke-emitting train was dragged back to the garage for inspection. However, the car derailed again during the towback inspection.
Taiwan Railways regional car data map
What is embarrassing is that just today, Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan Traffic Committee" reviewed the budget of the "Taiwan Railway Bureau" and questioned it. According to Taiwan media reports, relevant people expressed doubts about the train smoke accident that occurred in the morning: there have been 5 train smoke and fire accidents in a year, and Taiwan Railway should "tighten its nerves" and "repeatedly remind Taiwan Railway parts that the relevant maintenance of old parts should be strengthened, but there are still repeated smoke incidents."
Du Wei, the person in charge of Taiwan Railway, said that the 2004 shuttle bus was inspected four times in December 2018, and the accident occurred in less than three years as "abnormal", and the same type of vehicle will be carefully inspected.
Relevant people criticized that today's incident may endanger the safety of passengers and also have a negative impact on the credibility of Taiwan Railway.
Source: Taiwan media
According to Taiwan media statistics, since the beginning of this year, there have been frequent accidents in Taiwan Railway, and at least 5 incidents of smoke or fire have occurred.
In addition, on April 2, the "Taroko" 408 train had a serious derailment accident, which was hit head-on by an engineering vehicle that slipped from the slope of the railway and derailed in the Daqingshui Tunnel in Hualien County. The accident killed at least 50 people and injured 210 others.
The "Ziqiang" train is emitting white smoke, and the fire brigade is cooling the train