Another serious accident occurred on the MTR. Following the release of a train door at Causeway Bay Station at the end of last year, this morning (13th), a train "slammed the door" at Yau Ma Tei Station on the Tsuen Wan Line. The door was seen to be thrown at least four times at the scene.
Zhang Xinyu, a member of the Legislative Council who used to work in the MTR, inspected the scene. Based on the scene environment, he initially believed that the accident was caused by the train derailment. The staff could also be seen at the scene using tools to deal with the derailment. According to pictures circulating on the Internet, the locomotive of the train involved was damaged. .
He also estimated that it would take hours to resume service.
A train door at MTR Yau Ma Tei Station came loose.
The police received reports from multiple passengers at 9:33 this morning that a train on the Tsuen Wan Line to Central Station had malfunctioned at Yau Ma Tei Station. About 150 people in the train had to get off the train, and about 1,000 people on the platform had to be evacuated.
The right front of the car collided with the platform and smoked for a while
According to on-site information, the train involved was entering the platform of Yau Ma Tei Station at the time. The right front of the train collided with the platform and smoked for a while. It can be seen from the online pictures that the right front was damaged and at least 4 doors flew off.
After the accident, from the observation position of the front of the train, it was suspected that the train was tilted towards the platform, and the car involved finally stopped at the position of the No. 5 door of the 6th car and the No. 1 door of the 7th car displayed by the glass curtain door.
About 150 passengers in the involved carriage had to wait for MTR staff to help get off the train and leave, and about 1,000 people on the platform were evacuated.
During the period, a 78-year-old female passenger suffered a bruise on her arm and needed to be sent to Guanghua Hospital by ambulance for treatment.
The locomotive of the train involved was damaged (online pictures)
Zhang Xinyu.
(file picture)
Zhang Xinyu analyzed the cause of the accident at the scene, pointing out that there could be multiple causes for the loose train door, such as hitting a foreign object in the tunnel.
However, he added that since the train involved was not the first train today, and there were a large number of loose doors, he thought the possibility was low.
Looking through the information, in December last year, the Hong Kong Island Line train "slammed the door" at Causeway Bay Station. At that time, it was because the parts of the billboard were displaced and hit the door, which caused it to come loose.
MTR engineers and firefighters inspected the train involved.
(Photo by Cai Zhengbang)
Zhang Xinyu continued to point out that another reason was derailment, which caused the doors to be collided multiple times at the same time and thus loosened.
He said that the initial cause was that the train derailed, and relevant news had been received at the scene, and MTR maintenance personnel were also seen, who were going to use the tools to handle the derailment to lift the train and put it back on the track.
He also pointed out that the derailment could explain why the doors fell off multiple times at the same time, since the doors did not fall off only once or twice.
Firefighters are there.
(Photo by Cai Zhengbang)
As for the cause of the derailment, he said that he has not been able to judge for the time being, and it is unknown whether it is a rail problem or whether it is related to the train.
He also pointed out that it is necessary to clear the involved train before service can be resumed, and it is estimated that it will take several hours to restore the train service.
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