Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-10-23
Taiwan’s national railway company is planning to resume normal service following
The Taiwan Railways Administration is working to resume normal service after a deadly train derailment in northeast Taiwan on Sunday. (Photo by CNA)
Sunday’s deadly train crash in Yilan County.
Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) staff work hard to repair damaged tracks from the derailment of a Puyuma Express service on Sunday in northeastern Taiwan. The accident left 18 dead and 187 injured.
Workers toil to clear debris and lay down new tracks. Repair on electric cables has to wait until the early hours of the morning when power is shut down on the tracks. The TRA said it is likely that normal train services will resume Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, the sixth and eighth cars of the derailed train are being loaded on trucks and taken to the TRA’s Fugang Vehicle Depot for further investigation into the cause of the accident. [FULL STORY]