Taiwan Railway’s old "Ziqiang" train failed yesterday for the third time in 10 days

Taiwanese media: Taiwan Railways old "Ziqiang" train broke down yesterday, the third time in 10 days

　　[Global Network Reporter Yin Yanhui] According to Taiwan's China Times News on April 21, the EMU300 Ziqiang train from Keelung to Changhua 109 times passed through Taoyuan Fugang Station on the morning of the 20th. The looseness was bad, and the train stopped on the track before entering the station. Taiwan Railway urgently arranged passenger transfers, affecting 2 trains and 600 passengers.

According to reports, this is the third time a problem occurred on the EMU300 Ziqiang train within 10 days.

　　According to reports, Taiwan Railways stated that the EMU300 is an old vehicle, which is more than 30 years old and has a high failure rate. It has been listed as a priority replacement vehicle. The operation of the EMU300 has been immediately stopped and a comprehensive inspection has been carried out to confirm that the malfunction is properly resolved. Will resume online operation later.

　　At around 9 am on the 20th, Taiwan Railways 109 times Keelung to Changhua EMU300 train, the driver found abnormal high temperature, stopped in front of Hsinchu Fugang Station for inspection, found that white smoke was coming out, immediately put out the fire with a fire extinguisher, after which the train could not move. , Was pulled back to Qidu Station for maintenance.

　　According to the report, EMU300 has been experiencing problems recently. At around 6pm on the 11th, 126 EMU300 Ziqiang trains from Dounan to Qidu smoked at Zhongli Station. Taiwan Railway immediately evacuated passengers and transferred to train 4046. Notify fire brigade support.

Taiwan Railways explained that the sea side of the 1st axis of the 3rd car was suspected of poor loosening and causing smoke under the car.

　　In addition, the EMU300 Ziqiang from Keelung to Changhua 109 times on the 17th also failed twice at Hsinchu Station and Xiangshan Station.

According to the Taiwan Railways, at 9 a.m. at Hsinchu Station, the car had a bad looseness and drove after the treatment. However, it was badly loosened after leaving from Hsinchu, and it was 36 minutes late to the Xiangshan Station after treatment.