Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/28
By: Lee Hsin-Yin
Taipei, Dec. 28 (CNA) A Cabinet task force investigating a deadly Puyuma train
Task force spokesman Allen Hu (胡湘麟) said the accusations made by investigators against Puyuma driver Yu Chen-chung (尤振仲) were not wrong because they were based on data taken from a Train Control and Monitor System (TCMS), which operates like a black box.
The system showed that Yu maintained the train’s speed at 130-140 km per hour from the time the southbound Puyuma express left Luodong station to when it approached Xinma station 9 kilometers south, where it derailed going around a curve because it was moving at double the permissible speed limit. [FULL STORY]