China Central Television News reported on April 14 that at about 13:00 on the same day, the freight car parked at Daqin Railway Co.Ltd(601006) cuipingshan station (located in Jizhou District, Tianjin) slipped away and collided with the running freight train, resulting in 17 freight cars off-line, of which 11 fell under the railway bridge, resulting in Daqin Railway Co.Ltd(601006) interruption of traffic and no casualties.
The railway department sent six rescue trains and nearly 1000 staff to the scene to carry out rescue work from both ends of the truck, ease the vehicles in the section, recover the vehicles off the line, and rush through the line as soon as possible.
It is understood that the accident occurred 600 meters away from Daqin Railway Co.Ltd(601006) 413 km. At that time, the train loaded with coal was on the viaduct. The two trains collided, and several carriages derailed and fell under the bridge. These two trains are freight trains and do not carry passengers.
Some witnesses said that the area near the accident site belongs to the demolition area, and there are not many residents living there.
Daqin Railway Co.Ltd(601006) also known as “Daqin line”, is subordinate to Daqin Railway Co.Ltd(601006) ( Daqin Railway Co.Ltd(601006) , Daqin Railway Co.Ltd(601006) ). The actual controller is China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. (State Railway Group). It starts from Hanjialing, Datong, Shanxi in the West and ends at the South of Liucun village, Qinhuangdao, Hebei in the East, with a total length of 653km and 37 freight stations. The whole line was opened to traffic in 1992. It is the “strategic artery” of national class I line and “west to East Coal Transportation”. The maximum load of a single train is more than 20000 tons.
Surging news learned that the geology along the Daqin line is complex, and the line needs to pass through 454 bridges and 52 tunnels. The line mainly transports power coal and undertakes the task of coal outward transportation in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and other provinces and regions.
Daqin Railway Co.Ltd(601006) disclosed that more than 80% of the company’s revenue comes from freight transportation. In March 2022, the freight transportation volume of Daqin line was 38.87 million tons, with a year-on-year increase of 8%, the average daily transportation volume was 1.2539 million tons, and 84.1 heavy vehicles were operated every day. In 2021, the total cargo transportation volume of Daqin line was 421 million tons, with a year-on-year increase of 3.96%.
