Suspended Taichung MRT Green Line to resume trial runs March 25
03/10/2021 03:46 PM
File photo courtesy of Taichung City government
Taichung, March 10 (CNA) The Green Line of Taichung s new mass rapid transit (MRT) system will resume trial runs on March 25, four months after operations were suspended due to a major malfunction during test runs in November last year, the city mayor announced Wednesday.
The renewed trial runs will last until April 23, with passengers entitled to free rides using electronic tickets, Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) said at a press conference, where she also announced that the line will begin commercial services on April 25.
The only completed Taichung metro line started trial runs on Nov. 16. However, on the sixth day of testing, the system was hit by a major malfunction caused by the improper assembly of anchors for couplings that connect the carriages, leading to a suspension of services.
2020/12/22 17:39 Commercial operations of Taichung MRT Green Line suspended due to train malfunction. Commercial operations of Taichung MRT Green Line suspended due to train malfunction. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Japanese manufacturer of the trains used in the Taichung mass rapid transit (MRT) system apologized Monday (Dec. 21) for a major malfunction that led to the suspension of commercial operations on the Green Line. Last month, trial runs of the city s first MRT line were halted due to an abnormality reported on one of the trains. An initial examination found that a coupling connecting the two-carriage train was broken. At the time, the train s manufacturer, Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan, said that the problem had never occurred before and that the couplings from all of the 18 trains running on the line would be removed. It also promised to send the couplings to a third-pa
Japanese manufacturer apologizes over Taichung MRT train malfunction
12/21/2020 10:20 PM
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Taipei, Dec. 21 (CNA) The Japanese manufacturer of the trains to be used in Taichung s new mass rapid transit (MRT) system apologized Monday for a major flaw found during the system s trial run last month, saying the problem was caused by an assembly defect and is now being fixed.
Speaking at a press event, Kawasaki Heavy Industries representative Hideki Ukita said the breakdown that occurred on Nov. 21 was caused by the improper assembly of anchors for the couplings that connect the carriages.
Ukita said the improper assemblies prevented the gear shafts guided by the couplings from functioning in a stable manner, putting undue pressure on them and causing them to break during the trial run.
Taichung decides to postpone launch of MRT Green Line
12/14/2020 01:09 PM
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Taichung, Dec. 14 (CNA) Commercial operations on the first line of the Taichung mass rapid transit (MRT) system, which were suspended due to a major malfunction during trial runs, will not begin as scheduled on Dec. 19, Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) said Monday.
The MRT system s Green Line started trial runs Nov. 16, but those were suspended because of a major malfunction on one of the trains at the Taichung High Speed Rail Station terminal on Nov. 21.
After an investigation, the train s Japanese manufacturer, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, said the breakdown was caused by a U.S.-made coupling connecting the two-carriage train that broke, according to the system s operator, Taichung Mass Rapid Transit Corp (TMRTC).
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