A fire broke out on March 11 on a railway track at the Taipei MRT’s National Taiwan University Hospital Station, but the Taipei Metro Operations Control Center let the train pass against regulations, a councilor told a news conference at the Taipei City Council yesterday.
The driver stopped the train right after the fire was detected and reported it to the control center, which then asked the driver to speed past the section without checking the situation, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City Councilor Chien Hsu-pei (簡舒培) said, citing a whistle-blower.
Locals reported that black smoke was drifting from the MRT