At noon today, the T179 train on the Beijing-Guangzhou line hit a landslide when it approached near Chenzhou, Hunan, causing the train to roll over, but did not kill anyone. The reporter learned that the train was the first train in Shandong to resume passenger services to Wuhan since the epidemic, passing Wuchang Station.
段 Several videos on the Internet show that after the derailment rollover accident, multiple cars in the front of the vehicle rushed out of the track, and the front of the car also burst into smoke, and the passengers in the car climbed out of the window to escape.
This afternoon, the reporter inquired about the 12306 ticket-purchasing APP and found that at present, T179 tickets as of April 28 have stopped selling. The reporter learned that the T179 train is undertaken by the Jinan Railway Bureau and is an important train line from Shandong to Hubei. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Wuhan, in February of this year, many aid materials for Shandong Province have arrived in Wuhan by this train. It is also the first train in Shandong to resume passenger services to Wuhan since the epidemic, passing Wuchang Station. According to media reports, at 17:19 on March 27, the first T179 train to resume operation departed from Jinan Railway Station to Guangzhou, and at 4:03 am on March 28, the train stopped at Wuhan Wuchang Railway Station.
According to public information, the T179 train is an air-conditioned express train from Jinan to Guangzhou. It departs from Jinan at 17:19 and arrives at the terminal Guangzhou at 16:30 the next day. It passes through 15 stations. The whole journey is 1998 kilometers and the running time is 23 hours. 11 Minute.
The reporter learned from the Guangzhou Railway Bureau of China Railway that at 11:40 on March 30, due to the continuous rainfall, a line collapse occurred in the down section of the Beijing-Guangzhou line from Matianxu to Qifengdu Station. T179 trains (Jinan to Guangzhou) operated to the During the section, the driver of the train took emergency braking measures immediately after detection. The train hit a landslide, causing the first section of the generator car to catch fire and the second to sixth sections of the train falling off the line and overturning. The railway department started the emergency plan as soon as possible, and rescue work has begun. On-site inspections confirmed that the accident did not cause any deaths, and the injured railway employees and passengers have been sent to hospital for medical treatment. The specific cause is under investigation.
In addition, according to the Chinese fire officer Wei, at 11:43 on March 30, the Luzhou Fire Rescue Detachment reported that the passenger train T179 derailed when traveling to Yongxing County, Luzhou, Hunan, and the car rolled over and someone was trapped. Luzhou Fire immediately dispatched more than 130 firefighters to the scene for emergency rescue.