China News Service, September 13, According to Taiwan's United Daily News, the moderate typhoon "Plum Blossom" is currently located in the sea in northeastern Taiwan, bringing considerable rainfall to northern Taiwan. In the early morning of the 13th, the Taiwan Railway Pingxi Line train hit a huge rock and was opened in the morning, but another train hit a rock and fell around noon. Fortunately, no one was injured and killed. Eight passengers on the train changed to a highway passenger transport. At present, the route from Shishi to Jingtongji is currently blocked. The train entering the Pingxi Line is turned back at Shishi Station.
Typhoon brought heavy rain caused the soil and rocks along the Pingxi Line to collapse. On the morning of the 13th, two trains hit the soil and rocks. Fortunately, no one was injured, and the train's only troubleshooter was damaged. Image source: Taiwan's United Daily News (provided by Taiwan Railway).
Train Instructions, the 4821 Pingxi Line section train hit the falling stone from Lingjiao to Wanggu at 12:20 noon, and there were no casualties. After preliminary inspection by the driver, the troubleshooter was damaged. 4821 has retreated back to Pingxi Station, and 8 passengers have been transferred to the road passenger transport. The work unit went to the site to handle the work, and the highway connection was started between 10 and jingtong. The route between the section was temporarily blocked, and the train entering the Pingxi Line turned back at 10 station.
As for the impact incident that occurred early on the 13th, the train hit about 50 to 70 cm of stones, but there were also falling rocks higher than people next to the railway tracks. Taiwan Railway did not dare to be careless and announced that the Pingxi Line was temporarily blocked. The accident caused damage to the train's troubleshooter. Fortunately, there were no passengers or drivers on the train, and they were also safe. They were sent back to the seven-jammed traffic for maintenance.
