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A train attendant poses next to a high-speed train during its trial operation along the Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou High-speed Railway at Zhegao Railway Station in Chaohu City, east China’s Anhui Province, May 27, 2020. The Hefei-Huzhou section of the Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou High-speed Railway entered a trial operation phase on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Source: Xinhua
Image copyrightREUTERSIndia’s fastest train has broken down on its first trip, a day after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi.
The Indian-built semi high-speed Vande Bharat Express was returning to the capital Delhi from the city of Varanasi after its first outing when brakes in a carriage reportedly jammed.
Indian media quoted a railways spokesperson as saying the train may have struck cattle on the line.
The train reached a speed of 180km/hr (110mph) during trials.
Soon after the brakes failed, the drivers noticed smoke in the last four coaches and power was lost in all compartments.
Those on board, mostly railway officials and journalists, had to take another train to get back to Delhi.
Despite the railway ministry’s suggestion that the train may have hit a cow, NDTV reported that there were no signs of damage on the front of the train after the incident.
The new train service is expected to start its commercial run from Sunday. It is expected to reduce the travel time between Delhi and Varanasi by six hours.
Source: The BBC
The youngster was posing in front of a stationary bullet train at Wuchang Railway Station in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, while his mother was taking photographs and filming him as a souvenir of their ride home for the Lunar New Year holiday, news portal Thepaper.cn reported.
But when she asked him to take a step backwards, the child lost his footing and tumbled into the gap between the platform and the train.
An employee ran to help and after climbing down into the gap managed to lift the boy to safety, the report said.
Apart from being a little shaken, the child was unhurt and he and his family were able to continue on their journey home.
With the Lunar New Year holiday officially set to get under way on Tuesday, hundreds of millions of people across the country have making their way home over recent days. The annual migration, known as chunyun in Chinese, puts a massive strain on the nation’s transport infrastructure.
Over the coming “golden week” – as the holiday is often known – an estimated 400 million trips will be made by train, with that figure rising to 2.99 billion for all trips made by rail, road and air over the 40-day travel period – from January 21 to March 1 – that covers the extended break taken by many migrant workers.
The huge numbers often lead to a spike in accidents and injuries during the holiday travel period.
In 2017 alone, 898 people were killed in railway-related accidents, with most of the fatalities attributed to people being hit by trains while trying to cross the track at non-designated spots, according to official figures.
Source: SCMP
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