Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/20
By: Wang Shu-fen and William Yen
Taipei, March 20 (CNA) Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) Corporation suspended service
CNA file photo
for 88 minutes, according to THSR, following a magnitude 5.2 earthquake that shook southern Taiwan Tuesday.
THSR explained that the suspension of service was undertaken after a reading of 207 Gals, a unit used to measure the acceleration of earthquakes. As a result, personnel were dispatched to conduct safety inspections at stations and other facilities within a 14 kilometer radius of the epicenter of the quake.
Services stopped at 5:23 p.m, at which time only one train was in the area between Tainan and Chiayi, traveling northwards. Inspections were completed at 6:45 p.m. confirming the safety of facilities and structures inspected.
Operations on the High Speed Rail system were resumed after service was suspended for approximately 88 minutes. [FULL STORY]
