Taiwan Railways Chaozhou to Nanzhou Section Overhead Line Fault Repaired, Traffic Resumed

(Central News Agency reporter Huang Qiaowen, Taipei, 8th) The overhead line fault between Taiwan Railways' Chaozhou and Nanzhou sections today caused a temporary service suspension, with bus transfers initiated between Chaozhou and Fangliao. Taiwan Railways announced that repairs have been completed, and services resumed from 6:15 PM tonight.

Taiwan Railways Company explained through a message that at 9:50 AM today, they received a report that the main overhead line between Chaozhou and Nanzhou had broken for about 100 meters, causing a temporary service suspension. The company immediately established a first-level emergency response team and a southern region response subgroup. Some trains were suspended, and bus transfers were arranged between Chaozhou and Fangliao.

Taiwan Railways originally scheduled repairs to be completed by 7:00 PM, but they were finished ahead of schedule. Services resumed from 6:15 PM. Taiwan Railways stated that southbound trains would resume normal operation from train 3331, and northbound trains from train 386.

According to Taiwan Railways statistics, a total of 115 bus transfers were operated between Chaozhou and Fangliao, serving 4,945 passengers. (Editor: Zhang Mingkun) 1150508

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