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Shanghai-Beijing high-speed train slowed down by smoker
By Li Jinghao |
July 5, 2011, Tuesday
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A high-speed train heading to Beijing from Shanghai was slowed down for one minute when approaching a station in eastern Shandong Province yesterday after a passenger was found smoking in the lavatory, The Beijing News reported today.
The train managed to arrive at Dezhou Station in time despite the incident, the report said.
About 4:45pm yesterday when the train running on the newly opened Shanghai-Beijing high-speed railway was about to reach Dezhou Station, passengers in the No. 10 carriage heard an alarm and saw the train's speed displayed on the electronic screen suddenly drop to 280 kilometers per hour from 310 kilometers per hour.
Later, a 40-year-old man was found smoking in the lavatory next to the No. 10 carriage and was taken away by train attendants, according to the report.
The man was fined 50 yuan (US$7.74), the report said.
Smoking is banned for the entire high-speed train journey. An alarm is automatically activated when smoke is detected.
The train managed to arrive at Dezhou Station in time despite the incident, the report said.
About 4:45pm yesterday when the train running on the newly opened Shanghai-Beijing high-speed railway was about to reach Dezhou Station, passengers in the No. 10 carriage heard an alarm and saw the train's speed displayed on the electronic screen suddenly drop to 280 kilometers per hour from 310 kilometers per hour.
Later, a 40-year-old man was found smoking in the lavatory next to the No. 10 carriage and was taken away by train attendants, according to the report.
The man was fined 50 yuan (US$7.74), the report said.
Smoking is banned for the entire high-speed train journey. An alarm is automatically activated when smoke is detected.
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