HK metro scare blamed on signals
By Claire Wang |
01:34 UTC+8 December 10, 2011
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A SIGNAL malfunction was responsible for a metro train purchased from a Chinese mainland manufacturer failing to stop during a test operation in Hong Kong last month, the operator has confirmed.
The train, developed by Changchun Railway Vehicles Co Ltd, didn't automatically stop at the correct line after it pulled into a station, local-based Wen Wei Po reported MTR Corp saying yesterday.
The driver had to hit the emergency brakes and the train finally came to a halt another 13 meters down the track
A spokesperson for MTR said the train was on auto mode and moving slowly when the incident happened. No passengers were onboard, according to the report.
MTR blamed the incident on a software bug in its signaling system that has since been fixed, the report said.
Web users in Hong Kong have expressed concerns over the safety of mainland-built trains since operational tests started in October - weeks after 295 passengers were injured in a subway train collision in Shanghai.
The 10 trains which the MTR spent HK$1.1 billion (US$141 million) to bring from the mainland have met safety requirements, MTR said.
The first mainland-made train was put into operation in Kwun Tong Line in the special administrative region on Wednesday, the report said.
In the Shanghai accident, dispatchers were blamed for giving wrong signals after a failure in the signaling system. And in July, a train on the same line went in the wrong direction following a signaling malfunction.
The train, developed by Changchun Railway Vehicles Co Ltd, didn't automatically stop at the correct line after it pulled into a station, local-based Wen Wei Po reported MTR Corp saying yesterday.
The driver had to hit the emergency brakes and the train finally came to a halt another 13 meters down the track
A spokesperson for MTR said the train was on auto mode and moving slowly when the incident happened. No passengers were onboard, according to the report.
MTR blamed the incident on a software bug in its signaling system that has since been fixed, the report said.
Web users in Hong Kong have expressed concerns over the safety of mainland-built trains since operational tests started in October - weeks after 295 passengers were injured in a subway train collision in Shanghai.
The 10 trains which the MTR spent HK$1.1 billion (US$141 million) to bring from the mainland have met safety requirements, MTR said.
The first mainland-made train was put into operation in Kwun Tong Line in the special administrative region on Wednesday, the report said.
In the Shanghai accident, dispatchers were blamed for giving wrong signals after a failure in the signaling system. And in July, a train on the same line went in the wrong direction following a signaling malfunction.
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