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Yesterday (21st), the Gimpo Urban Railroad train that travels between Seoul and Gimpo New Town suddenly stopped during work hours, and 400 passengers were trapped for more than an hour.
Eventually, passengers evacuating through the track complained of injuries or difficulty breathing, and the train was resumed after three hours.
Reporter Kang Cheong-wan reports.
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Passengers are standing densely inside the stationary train.
[What do you mean.
To walk out...
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Yesterday (21st) around 6:30pm, a train from Gimpo Airport Station to Gochon Station suddenly stopped, and the vehicle that was running after it was also stopped, and 400 passengers were trapped inside the vehicle.
[Hong Yonggi/Gimpo Citizen: The train suddenly stopped.
Because I can't get in touch at all.
People are just clamoring...
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About an hour later, the railroad operator, Gimpo Gold Line, disembarked the passengers and then walked about 2km through the evacuation route installed on the track and moved to the next station, Gochon Station.
In the process, some passengers stumbled and complained of injuries or difficulty breathing.
[Seo Jae-eun/Gimpo Citizen: After looking at the person in front of me, I fell down with chewing gum...
I got hurt a lot.
The
train resumed operation at around 9:45 pm, 3 hours and 10 minutes after the accident
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the meantime, the remaining 18 trains in the entire up and down line were not able to operate, causing great inconvenience to the passengers during work hours. It.
Only one employee per station works on the Gimpo Gold Line, and protests from passengers poured out after the accident.
The Gimpo Gold Line side is identifying the cause of the accident as the emergency braking system installed on an unmanned electric vehicle suddenly activated and the vehicle stopped.