The board issued its recommendations based on an investigation into an incident at the Hualien depot on April 20 last year. The logo of Taiwan Railway Corp is pictured in an undated photograph. Taiwan Railway lacks clear shunting procedures and failed to specify that shunters should contact operators by radio in emergencies, increasing the risk of collisions, the board said. The board also found that the yard had disabled the automatic protection system during shunting operations, raising the risk of collisions. On Monday there was a low-speed collision between two electric trains during a shunting operation at the Qidu (七堵) shunting yard in Keelung.

Source: Taipei Times April 03, 2026 17:16 UTC