Nearly 80 trains canceled due to storms and floods, railways suffer 28 billion VND in damage

Vietnam Railways Corporation said that due to the impact of storm No. 3 and prolonged rain and floods in the northern provinces, the infrastructure and signal information on the routes were severely damaged, and passenger and freight trains had to stop running for repairs.

Of which, from September 7 to 14, over 22 freight trains and over 54 passenger trains had to be canceled, leading to an estimated loss of railway transport revenue of VND 28 billion.

The railway was affected by prolonged storms and rains, forcing trains to stop running, resulting in a loss of up to 28 billion VND in transport revenue (Photo: Trees fell on the North-South railway during storm No. 3).

In addition, Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company said that this unit alone had to temporarily suspend 49 passenger trains on the Thong Nhat, Hanoi - Vinh, Hanoi - Hai Phong, Hanoi - Lao Cai routes. Many passengers returned their tickets and did not continue traveling even though the railway has a policy of changing tickets without fees, encouraging passengers to travel after the trains resume.

In addition, because passenger trains were stuck along the route for many hours due to the storm, the railway had to spend money to serve passengers with free meals and drinks. Therefore, the loss of passenger transport revenue was nearly 5 billion.

The heaviest damage was to freight transport. From September 8-13, all freight trains were stopped due to landslides, rising floodwaters, and blockades on the Lao Cai - Hanoi, Hanoi - Dong Dang, and Quan Trieu routes. Nearly 20 North-South trains between Yen Vien station and Song Than station were also stopped.

This caused Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company to lose about 17 billion in transportation revenue, both passenger and freight transport.

According to Vietnam Railways Corporation, up to now, storms and floods have caused damage to railway infrastructure assets invested by the State of about 130 billion VND; damage to assets invested by enterprises of about 17 billion VND due to 17 locomotives, many vehicles and equipment being flooded and damaged, many supply and demand buildings, roads, accommodation, and offices having their roofs blown off, and walls collapsing...

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/huy-gan-80-chuyen-tau-do-bao-lu-duong-sat-thiet-hai-28-ty-dong-192240916211054317.htm