(Observer Network) According to a number of Taiwan media reports, today (1st), in the past 3 months, 9 accidents have occurred in the Taiwan Railway "out of the bag again." Its 207th Taroko train was hit at the front of the train by a rail pile that suddenly fell during construction, causing the window glass to crack, but fortunately no one was injured. Taiwan media said that after learning the news, Taiwan's "Minister of Communications" Wang Guocai was furious and instructed the director of the Taiwan Railway Bureau to punish and replace the chief of the public works department and the chief of the public works section, and to investigate the responsibility of relevant personnel.
The front window glass of the Taroko was smashed, pictured from Taiwan media
Comprehensive United News Network, Zhongshi News Network, "Central News Agency" and other Taiwan media reported on the 1st that the accident occurred at 8:52 a.m., when the 207th Taroko train was passing between Dali-Fulong Station, but suddenly hit the cab window by a steel rail pile.
According to the subsequent report of Taiwan Railway, after preliminary investigation, the railway traffic safety improvement project was being carried out at the time of the incident, and the protective operation of steel rail piles on the upper slope was carried out today. However, in the process of operation, the rail pile accidentally broke and fell, hit the construction bracket and then hit the front of the Taroko, causing the window glass to break, the train to stop running urgently, fortunately no one was injured.
As for why the rail pile will break and fall, Taiwan Railway said that the Operational Safety Department is still investigating, and when there is a result, Taiwan Railway will explain it to the public as soon as possible. However, according to Taiwan Railway, it is preliminarily understood that the slope improvement project is about 5 to 8 meters away from the track, and the relevant safety protection measures and lookouts are handled in accordance with the safety control regulations for the construction of the adjacent rail project. In addition, in order to maintain traffic safety, when the train passes, the lookout also notifies the warning to suspend the operation of the construction site.
Broken and dropped rail pile, pictured from Taiwan media
The protective operation of the upper slope rail piles carried out in the section of the incident has been stopped, the picture is from the Taiwan media
After this accident, according to Taiwan media, Taiwan's "Minister of Transportation" Wang Guocai, who attended an award ceremony, was furious and said in a joint interview with the media that no matter what the reason, the construction rail pile should not appear in the track clearance, and the negligence of the public works section is quite serious. He also said that he had instructed Du Wei, director of the Taiwan Railway Bureau, to punish and replace the director of the public works department and the chief of the public works section, and asked for a detailed investigation into the responsibilities of the construction manufacturer and other relevant personnel.
Not long ago, Wang Guocai personally presided over the "review meeting" due to 9 accidents in the Taiwan Railway in the past 3 months. According to reports, when attending the meeting of Taiwan's "Legislative Council" on the 24th, Wang Guocai stressed that on the 22nd, he had found four directors of transportation, engineering, machinery, and electricity of the Taiwan Railway Bureau, as well as the director of the Taiwan Railway Bureau, the director of the Railway Bureau, and other relevant personnel to thoroughly discuss the situation. After looking at the Taiwan Railway accident case, Wang Guocai believes that the problem is mainly that the Taiwan Railway equipment is old, but there are also factors of human negligence, and this problem cannot be forgiven.
For example, Wang Guocai said that the man-made negligence of Taiwan Railways, including the wrong track, and the failure of the faulty car to be towed back using a trailer, all violated standard operating procedures. In this regard, Wang Guocai said that if there is any personnel operation negligence in the four places of transportation, engineering, machinery and electricity, the director will definitely be replaced.
Therefore, after the taiwan railway accident again, Wang Guocai immediately instructed "pulling out officials" to show his attitude. However, Qiu Chenyuan, a "legislator" of the Taiwan People's Party, did not buy into this, and he believed that the problem of Taiwan Railways involves the entire management system and cannot be solved by changing the director. Qiu Chenyuan also criticized that the Taiwan Railway only this year caused a major casualty accident caused by the slide of a engineering vehicle, and now less than a year later, an item has fallen into the train, and "this matter should not happen again."
Qiu Chenyuan refers to the accident on April 2 this year, when a Taroko train passed through the mouth of the Hualien Qingshui Tunnel and crashed into an engineering vehicle that dropped tracks, eventually killing 49 people and seriously injuring 247 people. Lin Jialong, the former "Minister of Transportation" on the island, stepped down because of the accident, and Wang Guocai turned to the top.
After this major accident occurred, the Taiwan authorities repeatedly declared their determination to reform Taiwan Railways, but the Taiwan Railway accidents continued. Recent accidents include the failure of power equipment at Dashan Station, the failure of the transverter at Suaoxin Station, the rut failure of the Fulong-Dali rail on the Yilan Line, the failure of the Taipei-Songshan tram line, the disconnection of the Tram Line at Vang Vieng Station, and the smoke from the Taiwan Railway Shuttle Bus at Changhua Station. The "Central News Agency" commented on the 24th that these accidents "not only affect the operation of trains on the route, but also affect the passage of passengers, and damage the confidence of railway transportation."
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