Initial US news report:

Don't see any specific citation, however.

That's pretty technical information...failed to turn the green light into red

the official Xinhua news agency said:

BEIJING — Chinese railway officials have blamed "design flaws" in signalling equipment for a high-speed train crash in which at least 39 people were killed, the official Xinhua news agency said Thursday.

The system "failed to turn the green light into red" after being struck by lightning, Xinhua quoted An Lusheng, head of the Shanghai Railway Bureau, as saying during a meeting on the investigation into Saturday's accident.

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