Originally Posted by
anacapamalibu
Obviously there are some serious problems. No wonder the passenger loads are down. Another accident waiting to happen?
With a large amount of the HSR on elevated tracks, it doesn't take much if any speed in a collision to
derail a train and consequently the carriages fall 50 or more feet.
We got the local report today. The automatic switch malfunctioned therefore they were manually controlling the switches via radio.
I wish they just shut it down,
fix the problem and restart. Scheduling for normal operations while there are obvious problems is really stupid. The ride is smooth on long stretches but when you are nearing a train station it stops like somebody suddenly slams the brakes. Just like a newbie car driver who has no idea how to use the brake pedal.