Training in a station
A police dog grapples with a protective sleeve worn by a mock terrorism suspect as officers stand guard in a drill at the City Hall MRT Station in Taichung yesterday. The drill was organized by the Taichung Police Department and Taichung Mass Rapid Transit Corp to simulate the aftermath of a bomb blast at the station.
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Taichung decides to postpone launch of MRT Green Line
12/14/2020 01:09 PM
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Taichung, Dec. 14 (CNA) Commercial operations on the first line of the Taichung mass rapid transit (MRT) system, which were suspended due to a major malfunction during trial runs, will not begin as scheduled on Dec. 19, Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) said Monday.
The MRT system s Green Line started trial runs Nov. 16, but those were suspended because of a major malfunction on one of the trains at the Taichung High Speed Rail Station terminal on Nov. 21.
After an investigation, the train s Japanese manufacturer, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, said the breakdown was caused by a U.S.-made coupling connecting the two-carriage train that broke, according to the system s operator, Taichung Mass Rapid Transit Corp (TMRTC).