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The Taiwan Transportation Safety Board concluded in June 2024 that the primary reasons for the collapse were a failure to ensure proper operation of a tower crane and a lack of clear measures for restricting or prohibiting construction on either side of Taichung Metro tracks. [13]
On 2 April 2021, at 09:28 NST (01:28 UTC), a Taroko Express train operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) derailed at the north entrance of Qingshui Tunnel in Heren Section, Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan, killing 49 people and injuring at least two others, making it the deadliest railway accident in Taiwan in terms of confirmed deaths.
A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel, killing at least 48 passengers in the island's worst rail disaster in four decades. ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please ...
Rail transport in Taiwan consists of 2,025 kilometres (1,258 mi) (as of 2015) of railway networks. [2] Though no longer as dominant as it once was, rail transport is an extremely important form of transportation in Taiwan due to high population density, especially along the densely populated western corridor.
June 24 – Line 14 of the Paris Métro extends from Mairie de Saint-Ouen to Saint-Denis–Pleyel and from Olympiades to Aéroport d'Orly. [71] June 28 – Line 1 of the Changsha Metro extends from Kaifu District Government to Jinpenqiu. [72] – Line 5 of Ningbo Rail Transit extends from Xingzhuang Road to Luotuo Bridge. [73]
The Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) commenced operations on 5 January 2007, after some delays in 2006. The THSR connects Taipei City in the northeast of the island of Taiwan to Kaohsiung City in the southwest. The journey time is about 90 minutes compared to ~3 hours by conventional rail. 30 Shinkansen Class 700T sets are running on the 345 km ...
Taiwan's defence ministry raised the alarm on Thursday about a renewed surge of Chinese military activity around the island and live fire drills, accusing Beijing of policy instability that ...
On 21 October 2018, a passenger train derailed in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187. [5] [6] [7] At the time, it was Taiwan's deadliest rail accident since a collision near Miaoli in 1991 that killed 30 people. [6] [8]