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Taipei, July 14 (CNA) Taiwan's transportation safety board said Wednesday it was unsure whether to invite Russia to the International Transportation Safety Association's (ITSA) annual meeting in Taiwan next year.
Taiwan Railways Administration Director-General Du Wei (杜微) yesterday pledged to increase the punctuality of train services to 95 percent or higher this year. Du made the remarks in a speech at a ceremony celebrating the 135th founding anniversary of the agency. On Wednesday, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said in an online talk show that the agency would not be allowed to raise ticket prices, which have not been adjusted for 26 years, until after it shows significant improvement in safety and punctuality. The agency’s average punctuality rate between 2012 and last year was 93.4 percent, Du said,
A lack of higher salaries is the main reason that the Railway Bureau has been unable to recruit an adequate number of railway inspectors, Taiwan Transportation Safety Board Chairman Young Hong-tsu (楊宏智) said yesterday. The bureau decided to hire railway inspectors to enhance safety following the derailments of Puyuma Express No. 6432 in 2018 and Taroko Express No. 408 last year, resulting in a total of 67 dead and 479 injured. The responsibilities of a railway inspector are similar to those of an aviation inspector, to review all railway procedures, equipment and the train to ensure that everything complies with the safety
Taipei, May 10 (CNA) Unprofessional worksite practices and unclear contract stipulations were among a number of failures surrounding a train crash that killed 49 and injured 213 in April last year, the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB) said Tuesday.
Taipei, March 31 (CNA) The relatives of the 49 people who died last year in a train crash in eastern Taiwan will receive a total NT$150 million (US$5.24 million) in damages, Transportation Minister Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) confirmed Thursday.
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is to pay NT$150 million (US$5.24 million) to families of people who died in the derailment of a Taroko Express train on April 2 last year, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday. Chen Meng-hsiu (陳孟秀), an attorney who represents victims’ families, yesterday wrote on Facebook that Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) had agreed to pay NT$150.043 million to relatives of the deceased. “Money does not mean much to families. What they care about is that the TRA is punished. This is the meaning of the restitution,” she said, adding that it would
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) yesterday said that it aims to have lawmakers deliberate a draft “Taiwan railway corporation act” in the next legislative session. Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) was speaking at the ministry’s new year news conference when asked about progress on reforming the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) and turning it into a state-run corporation. When Wang took office in April last year, his No. 1 pledge was to accomplish the transformation in three years. As a 134-year-old railway service, the TRA faces tremendous operational challenges due to antiquated facilities and a failure to train young
The Taiwan Railways Administration’s (TRA) new EMU3000 intercity express train set out on its maiden voyage from Taitung Station yesterday. Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌), who attended the inauguration, said the addition of EMU3000 trains would significantly improve the quality of service and provide greater passenger capacity. The EMU3000 is the TRA’s newest model of intercity express train. It was imported from Japan to the Port of Hualien on July 30, and after a series of tests and modifications, passed the TUV Rheinland Group’s safety verification process on Tuesday last week. The EMU3000, made by Japanese manufacturer Hitachi, also received the Good Design Best
By Chen Hsien-yi / Staff reporterThe Taiwan Railways Administration’s （TRA） new EMU3000 intercity express train set out on its maiden voyage from Taitung Station yesterday.
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) should record all incidents, as well as the causes of the incidents, on its Web site so that the public can review them, the New Power Party (NPP) caucus said yesterday, calling for a comprehensive reform of the TRA after 222 abnormal operational incidents were reported between June and September. While the TRA disclosed the incidents to the public when they occurred, it did not record the information for future reference, NPP deputy caucus whip Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) said, adding that the TRA’s monthly report of railway incidents is not made public until two months later. “Statistics