Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/13
By: Ku Chuan and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Sept. 13 (CNA) The operation of a major MRT line in Taipei was thrown into chaos Tuesday after an engineering vehicle was derailed early that day, and operations only returned to normal in the evening.

It was the first time such an incident had occurred, and it is estimated that 15,000 passengers were affected, according to the Department of Rapid Transit Systems under the Taipei city government, which operates the MRT.

At 4:12 a.m., the engineering vehicle veered off the rail at Xiaonanmen (小南門) station moving toward Songshan (松山) station on the Xindian-Songshan Line. Because of the mishap, the section between Xiaonanmen station and Zhongshan station could only be operated on a one-line, two-way model.     FULL  STORY]