Poll says Tsai should lead TRA reform
By Lo Chi and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A poll released yesterday showed that 67.7 percent of respondents agreed that President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) should oversee reforms of the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) following the Taroko Express No. 408 derailment in Hualien County on April 2.
The train crash, which left 49 people dead and more than 200 injured, is one of the worst train disasters in Taiwanese history.
Transportation authorities have repeatedly said that the TRA will be reformed.
Yen Yung-shen (顏永森), convenor of polling at the Grassroots Influence Foundation, which conducted the survey, told a news conference in Taipei that 48.8 percent of respondents said that they were dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the crash.
Parents of American killed in Hualien train crash to take legal action
05/03/2021 05:02 PM
CNA file photo
Taipei, May 3 (CNA) The parents of an American national killed in a train accident in Hualien last month on Monday called on the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) to take legal responsibility for the tragedy that saw 49 deaths and nearly 200 injuries in order to ensure passenger safety and prevent such tragedies from happening again.
In an open letter read by their lawyer in Taipei, the parents of Senead Short, a 24-year-old English teacher killed in the April 2 incident, said they appreciate the up to NT$30 million (US$1.06 million) compensation promised to the families of victims of the incident.
FEATURE: Experts call organizational change at TRA necessary to address safety issues
By Lee Hsin-Yin / CNA
Government officials have advocated “reforming” the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) following the nation’s worst train crash in decades the derailment of a Taroko Express train in Hualien County on April 2 that left 49 people dead and more than 200 injured.
Such appeals are nothing new official also called for TRA reform after a crash in Yilan County in October 2018 left 18 people dead, but not much has happened since.
However, the calls after the Taroko Express crash seem louder, focusing on the “corporatization” of the government agency.
On train safety, reform rhetoric easy; now comes the hard part
04/28/2021 07:34 PM
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A Taiwan Railways Administration employee mourns victims in the April 2 Taroko Express train crash, including two of his colleagues. CNA photo April 8, 2021
By Lee Hsin-Yin, CNA staff reporter
Taiwan s president, premier and new transportation minister have all advocated reforming the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) following its worst train accident in 73 years on April 2 that left 49 people dead and over 200 injured.
Such appeals are nothing new they were also uttered after a crash in October 2018 in which 18 people died but were not acted on.
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