High-speed train safety

0 Comment(s)Print E-mail China Daily, July 25, 2011
Adjust font size:

Two cranes pick up the first carriage of train D301 under the bridge in Wenzhou around 3pm on Sunday. [By Cai Xianmin/Global Times]

The fatal accident involving two high-speed trains on Saturday evening is a reminder that safety can never be over-emphasized.

The death toll from the collision in Wenzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, has reached 35 with 192 injured and the Ministry of Railways has already published an open apology.

The accident happened when a lightening strike cut power to one train, bringing it to a halt, and it was then hit in the rear by a following train.

Apart from doing whatever can be done to save the lives of the injured and restoring normal services, it is important to get to the root of the tragedy and find out the chain of circumstances that led to the accident.

The country's high-speed railways have developed rapidly in recent years. In only a little more than a decade, China has constructed nearly 10,000 kilometers of high-speed railways, the world's longest network. These trains have considerably reduced the traveling time between many cities and greatly eased the heavy pressure from the billions of passengers that use the nation's railways, especially during the busy seasons.

While efficient and convenient, if there is one thing that may cause passengers to hesitate before boarding a high-speed train, it is safety. It is not that they don't trust the various measures that have been employed to ensure the safety of the high-speed lines, it is just that common sense suggests that the higher the speed of the trains, the more sophisticated the technology will be and the greater the risk if there is a failure of any link in the safety chain.

In other words, high-speed railways place much higher requirements on everything: The materials must be of higher quality and so must the construction of the lines and rolling stock. Also the tracks, the trains and communications systems must be much more frequently checked, without allowing for any errors or slacking of efforts, to make sure they are working correctly.

What is even more important is that all who work with the whole system must be trained to strictly follow the rules so that the safe running of high-speed trains will not be affected by any dereliction of duty as it is a matter of life and death for passengers on the trains. Efforts are also needed to make sure that the railways are not vulnerable to extreme weather conditions.

The lives lost cannot be brought back. But the Ministry of Railways must learn the lessons from this accident taught with their blood.

The cause of the accident must be carefully investigated, without ignoring any possible link, however tiny. Only in this way will the management of our high-speed railways be raised to such a level that the possibility of another accident will be reduced to the minimum.

Print E-mail Bookmark and Share

Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)

No comments.

Add your comments...

  • User Name Required
  • Your Comment
  • Racist, abusive and off-topic comments may be removed by the moderator.
Send your storiesGet more from China.org.cnMobileRSSNewsletter
主站蜘蛛池模板: 性欧美大战久久久久久久| 欧美日韩一区二区三区在线视频| 国产午夜无码视频免费网站| 在线a免费观看最新网站| 天天射综合网站| 一级毛片a免费播放王色| 无遮挡动漫画在线观看| 久久狠狠躁免费观看2020| 黄色一级片在线播放| 国产精品午夜爆乳美女| 99久久香蕉国产线看观香| 好爽快点使劲深点好紧视频| 中文字幕丝袜制服| 无遮无挡非常色的视频免费| 久久婷婷丁香五月综合五| 最新免费jlzzjlzz在线播放| 国产一二三区在线观看| 高清毛片免费看| 国产无套粉嫩白浆在线观看 | 国产又长又粗又爽免费视频| 人妖在线精品一区二区三区| 国产精品天干天干| 一个人看的日本www| 成人漫画免费动漫y| 中文字幕日韩亚洲| 欧洲亚洲国产精华液| 亚洲国产精品专区| 欧美电影院一区二区三区| 再深点灬舒服灬太大了少妇| 美女高清特黄a大片| 国产一级做a爰片在线看| 884hutv四虎永久黄网| 国产精品美女www爽爽爽视频| 999久久久无码国产精品| 在线看欧美日韩中文字幕| 99爱免费视频| 大香伊蕉国产av| 99精品视频在线观看免费播放| 成人自拍视频网| 中文字幕一区二区人妻性色| 摸BBB揉BBB揉BBB视频|