On the morning of October 2, the Traffic Safety Committee of Thua Thien Hue province said that the unit had just sent a document to the Provincial People's Committee reporting on the on-site inspection of railway traffic safety work through Phu Loc district.

This move comes after a series of train derailments while passing through Thua Thien Hue province in recent times.

Specifically, from July 28 to September 28, there were 6 repeated railway traffic incidents and train derailments in the Thua Luu - Lang Co section, of which 4 involved passenger cars and 2 involved freight locomotives.

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In just 2 months, the railway section passing through Thua Thien Hue province had 6 train derailments. Photo: Contributor

“In 2 months, 6 consecutive train derailments occurred on the same route. Although they have not caused serious consequences, they cannot be taken lightly. Measures must be taken to ensure safety,” emphasized the leader of the Traffic Safety Committee of Thua Thien Hue province.

The North-South railway line passing through Thua Thien Hue province is 111.1km long. Of which, Binh Tri Thien Railway Joint Stock Company manages 101.1km; Da Nang - Quang Nam Railway Joint Stock Company manages 10km from the north of Hai Van Pass.

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Interdisciplinary forces inspect, evaluate, and find the cause of train derailments. Photo: Contributor

Previously, the Standing Committee of the Traffic Safety Committee of Thua Thien Hue province together with the Department of Transport, the Provincial Police, the Railway Safety Management Department II - Vietnam Railway Authority and many related units conducted a field inspection on traffic safety assurance work on the North-South railway route through Phu Loc district.

According to the report, the railway section passing through Phu Loc district and especially the Thua Luu - Lang Co section is a mountainous area, the railway surface has many small radius curves, in opposite directions, consecutively. At Lang Co station, there are old turnouts, large turnouts, short turnout length (turnout N10 Lang Co station).

On that basis, the Traffic Safety Committee requested the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province to send a document to the Ministry of Transport and the Vietnam Railway Authority to pay attention and consider directing relevant units to promptly resolve the above issue to ensure safety.

Train SE2 derailed, hundreds of passengers luckily escaped . While traveling in the South-North direction, reaching Thua Thien Hue province, a train car SE2 suddenly derailed, luckily hundreds of passengers on board escaped.