The Ankeng light rail simulated drills for the fire brigade to prepare for the fire.

(Provided by New Taipei City MRT Bureau)

[Reporter Weng Yuhuang/New Taipei Report] The Ministry of Transportation completed the survey of the Ankeng light rail today (14th), and concluded that there were 6 items that need to be improved before operation. Zheng Zhiming, acting deputy director of the New Taipei City MRT Engineering Bureau, said that the New Taipei City MRT Bureau and New Taipei MRT Corporation will complete the improvements that need to be made before operation as soon as possible, and report to the Ministry of Communications. After the Ministry of Communications confirms and issues the operating permit letter, it will be opened to traffic at an optional date.

The New Taipei MRT Bureau stated that during the construction of the Ankeng light rail, it encountered a shortage of workers and materials in the general environment and the impact of the epidemic. In late October last year, the track guard rail was hit by a pusher and damaged. Although the stability test was completed on November 7, the consideration was the highest. Under the premise of standard quality and the most perfect operation safety, the track guard rail must be repaired.

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In order to shorten the repair time, the MRT decided to cut off the entire section and replace the liquid cladding material after review. However, the liquid cladding material is produced in Europe and there is no stock in China. It decided to import it by air and speed up the process. The improvement was completed in early December. , completed the preliminary survey on December 11 last year, and completed the improvement matters before the survey on December 27, and reported it to the Ministry of Communications for survey.

The Ankeng light rail reconnaissance operation was sponsored by the Ministry of Communications. A total of 9 scholars and experts from all over the country were invited to serve as reconnaissance committee members. Director Lin Fushan of the Road Administration Department of the Ministry of Communications served as the convener, and Liao Qinglong, director of the Rail Technology Research Center of National Taiwan University, served as the deputy convener. people.

The reconnaissance team is divided into civil engineering team, electromechanical team and operation team according to their professional fields.

The reconnaissance and inspection methods are divided into briefing and answering, document inspection, on-site equipment inspection, emergency emergency response simulation drill, group discussion and summary meeting, etc. The simulation drill is conducted in the tunnel between K5~K6 stations. The operator Xinbei MRT Corporation According to the committee's request, the emergency response to a fire in the tunnel was simulated on site. The entire simulation drill process was reviewed by the inspection committee for passenger movement arrangements, driver and traffic control center notification mechanism and process operations, and finally successfully completed the emergency simulated accident situation handling and lifted.

Today’s survey work was carried out by various groups and conclusion meetings. There were 6 items of “improvement before operation”, 11 items of “general attention and improvement”, and 12 items of “subsequent suggested improvement”. New Taipei City MRT Bureau and MRT The company will immediately improve the deficiencies raised by the performance survey committee. After obtaining the operation permit letter issued by the Ministry of Communications, the company will be able to open to traffic, hoping to provide citizens with safe and convenient MRT services as soon as possible.

According to the New Taipei MRT Bureau, the Ankeng light rail line is 7.5 kilometers long and has 9 stations.

The Shishizhang station at the starting point can be connected with the Xinbei Ring Road, which is expected to reduce the travel time of Ankeng residents to the Shuangbei metropolitan area by 15 to 20 minutes.

After the opening of the Ankeng light rail, the initial operating schedule is 15 minutes during peak hours. The densely populated Ankang Station to Shishizhang Station will open an additional section train, with an overlapping interval of 7.5 minutes per train.

In the follow-up, depending on the actual operation and opening to traffic, the maximum number of passenger trips will be dynamically adjusted.

The Ankeng light rail simulated the fire fighting situation of the fire brigade.

(Provided by New Taipei City MRT Engineering Bureau)

The Ministry of Communications conducted a reconnaissance for the opening of the Ankeng light rail today.

(Provided by New Taipei City MRT Bureau)