There have been 8 pantograph abnormalities in Taiwan's high-speed rail this year.

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[Reporter Chen Xinyu/Taipei Report] The status of the fake transportation!

Abnormal pantograph drops occur frequently on Taiwan’s high-speed rail. Today (2nd) train No. 609 departed from Nangang at 7:35 a.m., and the pantograph automatically lowered when passing through the Taoyuan-Hsinchu section at about 8:18 a.m., causing the carriages to break. A passenger took a picture of the darkness in the carriage.

Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail stated that the original factory will propose a monitoring plan before mid-April, and complete the special inspection of the entire fleet before May.

Minister of Transport Wang Guocai said today that the pantograph problem of the high-speed rail has not yet been found out, and he has asked Jiang Yaozong, chairman of the high-speed rail company, and Zheng Guangyuan, general manager, to speed up the process.

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Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail stated in a statement this afternoon that there have been 8 pantograph abnormalities this year, all of which were caused by the activation of the train pantograph safety protection mechanism, and there is no doubt about the safety of trains.

Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail pointed out that the company has set up a task force to conduct investigations on the relevant system interfaces and environments, and has provided relevant data and commissioned technical support from the original Japanese factory (Kawasaki Heavy Industries).

The statement also pointed out that according to the discussion with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the original factory will propose a monitoring plan before mid-April, and the Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail Company will monitor and investigate the real cause of the automatic bow drop according to this; , Carry out the special inspection of the whole fleet of trains, which is expected to be completed by the end of May.

Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail stated that in response to the action of the safety protection mechanism for high-speed rail trains, in order to ensure operational safety, relevant SOP procedures must be completed before normal operation can resume. This caused slight delays to some trains and caused inconvenience to passengers. Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail Corporation sincerely apologizes.