FIXED TODAY? The TRA said it hopes to repair a signal malfunction by today so train services between Changhua County’s Huatan and Yuanlin stations can resumeBy Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) on Thursday and Friday tested a locally developed temporary speed restriction system intended to improve train safety, the railway administration said yesterday.
The system, developed by the National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, was tested for the first time on a 51km section of the TRA’s North Link Line that runs from Yilan County’s Suao Township (蘇澳) to Hualien County, the TRA said in a statement.
The administration was testing whether the system could detect objects on the tracks as a train traveling at various speeds approaches, it said.
The temporary speed restriction system works in tandem
Taipei, July 23 (CNA) A locally-developed temporary speed restriction (TSR) system that is intended to improve train safety was successfully tested on the tracks this week, the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) said Saturday.
The Taiwan Railway Labor Union on Thursday said it plans to strike during the Dragon Boat Festival on June 3 after negotiations with the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) on a bill to turn the rail operator into a public company failed to make headway.
The parties failed to reach an agreement on a range of issues at a meeting on Thursday with TRA Director-General Du Wei (杜微), the union said.
One of the major disagreements was how to pay the TRA’s debts after it becomes a public company, the union said.
All of the debt should be dealt with by the government, rather