I'm tellin' ya, pal! With high-speed rail, we can put billions of people back to work!"
Posted on 07/11/2011 2:23:56 AM PDT by AfricanChristian
After running for only 10 days, the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway has encountered its first operational malfunction as a result of outage.
According to the official Weibo of "Beijing Railway," a breakdown occurred at 6 p. m. on July 10 at the contact network of the Qufu-Tengzhou-Zaozhuang rail line section due to stormy weather, which prevented 19 trains from arriving on time. The railway department responded immediately to the accident and took a series of emergency measures. The operation of the high-speed rail returned to normal at 7:37 p.m.
Acknowledged by multiple news sources, it was the bad weather that shut down the electricity supply. During the 2 hours of detention, the carriage inside was "sweltering" and in "complete darkness," as described by some passengers on their Weibo site, for there is no air-conditioner available and the carriage is totally airproof.
“Weather problems might sound plausible for an airplane, but it is hardly convincing when it comes to a train,” said one Weibo user.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.peopledaily.com.cn ...
This is so “unexpected”.
Paging Tom Friedman, Paging Tom Friedman.
What’s a “weibo”?
choo-choo!
Don’t hold back...that should read TRILLIONS!
Is it still out or did they fix it after the storm?
I think the biggest news is that they reported it and reported how stupid their design is.
It is Chinese twitter. In some ways.
It is Chinese twitter. In some ways.
Thanks. I did a couple of searches and figured that out. At first, I thought it was a Babelfish translation error of “weblog”.
I haven’t even figured out US Twitter. I’m not ready to tackle it’s Chinese equivalent.
If only Amtrak had such a good history.
This weibo user is as knowledgeable as a piece of rock. A quick search on google would reveal that not only blizzard, torrential rain, but even strong wind will result in cancellation of train services.
Sounds about right for a “made in China” product.
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