Beijing-Guangzhou line is open again after a break for the time being because of mudslides | rail disruption due to mudslides _ news

Xinhuanet, Guangzhou, June 19 (reporter Wu Tao)-19th 12:02, from Hengyang, Hunan to the Shenzhen West train pass, temporarily interrupted by mudslides tunnel section of Beijing-Guangzhou line and sediment begin to open again.

19th at about 5 o'clock in the morning, affected by continuous heavy rains, burst between the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway viaduct-shakou section landslides, caused from Nanchang to Guangzhou T171 12th after passenger train cars derailed, 5 passengers were minor scrapes, the Beijing-Guangzhou line down (from Beijing to Guangzhou) railway interrupted.

Reporters at the scene saw, mudslide from the sand about ten meters away from the tunnel mouth, triggering landslides on the hill above the tunnel right down the protective way down, buried beneath the railway lines affected sections of approximately 30 metres long.

Site responsible for the rescue of the Guangzhou public works Deputy section Lai Shaoming said he is at 5 o'clock in the morning received a call from dispatch that emergency stop, 6 points from the Shaoguan city rushed to the scene and found a 10 metre-long railway is completely covered by mudslides, trains a pair of wheels fell off the tracks.

According to the Guangzhou Railway Group, to 10:30 A.M., before and after, passengers on the bus is otherwise, transferred to Guangzhou. Affected trains had been removed, which is directly affected by debris flows the 12th, three cars were delivered to Sha railway station, waiting for repair.

(Edit: SN098)
14:03 June 19, 2014 Xinhua NET