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Wednesday 28 September 2011

Personal miss caused 271 injuried in Shanghai Tube Accident


 (photo from sina weibo)

Two Shanghai's tube trains hit on the afternoon of 27th September. 271 injured were sent to hospital, and today hospital said that most of injuries could back home. Shendong Transportation Company claims that the cause of accident is personal miss. 

Shanghai, which is the most modernist city and the economic core in China. Its underground system is advanced in the world. But this advanced system is still facing a safety challenge. A journalist from Xinhua Agency res that

This accident happened at the line 10, Lao Xi Nen station which is quite close to the centre of city. On the day of 27th at about 14:00, line10 was part closed because of facility trouble, train from the station of Nanjing Dong Lu to University of Jiaotong was speed limitation and delayed departure time. Noticed by Shanghai Tube Service Information Centre. 

One passenger said, the train stopped about one hour underground before the accident happened, and she tried to look outside through the window but did not have other train come. At 15:10, a journalist got the news that Shanghai tube happened a train crash. 

On 28th September, the tube is back to normal but the speed is limited under 45 km/h.  This is the second train accident this year. The first heavy Wenzhou train accident happened in July which caused 45 death and hundreds of injuries. 

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