TRA catenary severed, delaying over 10,000 passengersTRA鏈切斷，拖延超過10,000人次

By Chi-hao James Lo, The China Post
July 29, 2014, 12:01 am TWN

The 400 passengers of the 1223 had reportedly been transported back to Taipei Main Station by 5:10 p.m. Though the train itself reported no malfunctions, it was towed back to the Songshan station for safety purposes.
According to the TRA, a local train, number 1223, from Keelung to Miaoli reported a severed wire while passing through Songshan-Taipei east line at 4:20 p.m. in the afternoon. The incident caused the southbound eastern mainline to halt, with the western mainline forced to operate as a two-way line for the sake of operations.

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A catenary wire on the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) east to west main line was reported severed yesterday, causing a mass delay to over 10,000 passengers who complained angrily to the TRA.

Following the incident, the Taipei Main Station observed an instant mass increase in passenger crowds waiting for their trains. Reportedly, the majority of the passengers became very upset after waiting for a long period of time.

Until 6:45 p.m. yesterday, preliminary estimates revealed at least 10, 000 passengers were affected, with average delays between 30 to 40 minutes. As the accident was reported during rush hour, the number of affected passengers was greater than normal.

At least 35 trains were delayed with the some trains delayed up to 100 minutes. Reportedly, the TRA has stated that any passengers whose train was delayed for over 45 minutes will be entitled to a full refund.

TRA mobilized the entirety of its power engineering staff in Taipei to repair the damage, with the repairs reportedly completed at 8:53 p.m., and two-way traffic restored to the TRA at 8:57 p.m.

The TRA publically apologized for the inconvenience, and stated that they will conduct further investigations to the cause of the severed wire. The TRA has also promised that proper refunds will be made.

TRA鏈切斷，拖延超過10,000人次

由馳皓詹姆斯·羅，中國郵政
2014年7月29日，上午12:01 TWN

台北，台灣 - 台灣鐵路管理局（TRA）一個接觸網導線東向西為主線被切斷報導昨日，造成大量的延遲超過10,000名乘客抱怨誰憤怒地向TRA。

根據台灣關係法，當地的火車，編號1223，從基隆到苗栗報導被切斷電線，同時通過松山 - 台北東線經過下午4:20下午。這一事件引起了南東部主線停止，隨著西部大主線被迫作為一個雙向的線是為了操作。

在400名乘客的1223據說被運回台北車站由下午5:10雖然列車本身沒有報告故障，它拖回松山站為安全起見。

事件發生後，在台北車站觀察到瞬間的質量增加的旅客人潮等待他們的列車。據了解，大部分乘客等待很長一段時間後變得非常沮喪。

直到下午6:45昨天，初步估計顯示，至少10萬乘客受影響，其中30到40分鐘之間的平均延遲。由於事故發生在下班高峰期報導，受影響的乘客數量大於正常。

至少有35列車延誤的部分列車延誤長達100分鐘。據報導，台鐵已表示，任何乘客的列車晚點超過45分鐘，會有權獲得全額退款。

台鐵動員在台北的電力工程人員的整體修復的損害，與在下午8時53分報導，完成了維修，雙向通行於下午08:57恢復到TRA

台鐵公開道歉，給您帶來不便，並表示，他們將進行進一步調查，以切斷的電線的原因。台鐵亦承諾適當的退款將會作出修改。