2018 Yilan train derailment

2018 Yilan train derailment
Crashed carriages on the site
2018 Yilan train derailment is located in Taiwan
2018 Yilan train derailment
Details
Date21 October 2018
16:50 local time (UTC+8)
LocationXinma station, Su'ao, Yilan County
70 km (43 mi) SE from Taipei
Coordinates24°36′57″N 121°49′24″E / 24.61583°N 121.82333°E / 24.61583; 121.82333
CountryTaiwan
LineYilan line, Eastern Trunk line
OperatorTaiwan Railways Administration
Service6432 Puyuma express bound for Taitung
Incident typeDerailment
CauseExcessive speed, inactive automatic train protection system[1][2]
Statistics
Trains1
Passengers366[3]
Deaths18[3]
Injured187[3]
Route map of service 6432
14:50
Shulin
14:58
Banqiao
15:09
Taipei
15:16
Songshan
16:23
Yilan
16:31
Luodong
Dongshan
16:50
Xinma, crash site
Su'aoxin
17:22
Hualien
Towards Taitung
Red timestamp is time of crash, other timestamps are scheduled departures[4]

On 21 October 2018, a passenger train derailed in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187.[5][6][7] At the time, it was Taiwan's deadliest rail accident since a collision near Miaoli in 1991 that killed 30 people.[6][8]

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  2. ^ "The Investigation of TRA Puyuma Derailment Case Has Been Concluded by the Yilan Prosecutors Office's Task Force" (PDF). ilc.moj.gov.tw. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Taiwan train derailment in Yilan County kills at least 18". BBC News. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  4. ^ "臺灣鐵路東部幹線對號快車時刻表 Eastern Mainline Line 樹林→台東 [Shulin→Taitung]" (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference cna_1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "UPDATE: Taiwan East Coast Rail Crash in Yilan Kills 17, Injures 120" (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Straits was invoked but never defined (see the help page).