Sichuan´s rail transportation severely impaired

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-13-2008 12:18

Sichuan's rail transportation capacity has been severely impaired. A total of 180 trains have been left stranded due to multiple landslides and collapses along railway lines near the provincial capital Chengdu.

Sichuan's rail transportation capacity has been severely impaired.

31 passenger trains and 149 cargo trains were stranded on the Baoji-Chengdu line, the Chengdu-Kunming line, the Chengdu-Chongqing line and their branch lines linking Chengdu with the rest of the country.

One cargo train, Number 21043, on the Baoji-Chengdu line, went off the rails and caught fire in a tunnel in Gansu Province as the tunnel began to collapse. One man was injured, and the Baoji-Chengdu line was suspended.

The Ministry of Railways has dispatched rescue teams to the Number 21043 train, and sent repair teams to check railway facilities near quake-hit areas.

All trains running near quake-hit areas have been ordered to halt in open areasand passenger trains heading for quake-hit areas are awaiting orders to turn back.

Editor:Zhang Ning