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The collision is the only fatal crash involving high-speed rail (HSR) in China, and is the third-deadliest HSR accident in history, after the 1998 Eschede train disaster in Germany and 2013 Santiago de Compostela derailment in Spain. High speed was not a factor in the accident, however, since neither train was moving faster than 99 km/h (62 mph ...
The train was heading from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City when eight of the train's 13 cars toppled from the tracks near the Hải Vân mountain pass.The derailment occurred at 11:50 am near Da Ban hamlet, at kilometre 752(+500) of the North–South Railway, approximately 3 km west of Lăng Cô station, Phú Lộc District, Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, and 8 km from the northern section of the ...
The crane at the construction site of Tianjin–Qinhuangdao high-speed railway tilted to Tianjin–Shanhaiguan railway. [91] Dongxiang County, Jiangxi: 23 May 2010 19 71 2010 Jiangxi derailment: Hohhot: 13 August 2010 11 1 A train carrying stones derailed at a construction site. [92] Urumqi: 24 March 2011 3 85 A train crashed into a bus. [93 ...
Vietnam is seeking to learn from China to develop its first high-speed railway network, according to its government, with plans in the works for a rail line running the length of the country ...
Vietnam is planning a massive expansion of its internal rail network with a 1,500-km-long high-speed connection from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, at a cost estimated at roughly $70 billion, the ...
The North–South express railway (Vietnamese: Đường sắt cao tốc Bắc-Nam) is a planned high speed railway in Vietnam. [2] [3] The line would begin in Thanh Trì and end in Thủ Đức, connecting the two most urbanised areas in the country: Hanoi in the North, and Ho Chi Minh City in the South. [4]
BEIJING (Reuters) -China and Vietnam inked 14 documents spanning cross-border railways to crocodile exports on Monday, after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vietnam's new leader To Lam in ...
Main railway lines have a maximum speed of 70 km/h (43 mph), but trains regularly slow to 30 km/h (19 mph) (and even 5 km/h (3.1 mph) in some cases) around bridges, many of which were damaged during the war and which still suffer from structural safety problems. [13] Along with speed limits, weight limits are also in place on bridges. [2]