According to Mr. Vinh, it is expected that at 4:00 a.m. this morning, the railway tunnel at Deo Ca connecting Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces will be repaired and the route will be open. However, after the repair was completed, at 4:30 a.m., the tunnel continued to collapse. Soil and rocks fell down, causing the reinforcement system to collapse. Workers are currently urgently handling the situation.
By dawn this morning, the tunnel continued to collapse.
“ At this point, it is not known exactly when the tunnel will be repaired. Currently, the tunnel is littered with rocks and soil, and the relevant parties are meeting to come up with the best solution,” said Mr. Vinh.
According to VTC News, on the night of April 12, at Tuy Hoa Station, many passengers were forced to stop at the station and were transferred by bus to continue their journey.
Many passengers transferred by bus at Tuy Hoa station to continue their journey.
At 12:45 on April 12, about 100 cubic meters of rock from the Deo Ca railway tunnel collapsed, blocking the tunnel entrance, extending about 5 meters. The landslide caused the North-South railway section through Phu Yen - Khanh Hoa to be unable to operate.
The incident caused train SE8 carrying 300 passengers, departing from Saigon station, to stop at Gia station, Van Ninh district (Khanh Hoa). Train SE5 carrying 350 passengers, departing from Hanoi, to stop at Tuy Hoa station (Phu Yen).
At the time of the landslide, there were no passenger trains passing by.
A representative of the Southern Railway said that at the time of the landslide, no passenger trains were passing through. The railway mobilized cars to transfer hundreds of passengers from train SE8 to train SE5 and vice versa, to continue the journey.
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