New Taiwan Railways chief pledges to improve safety management
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Taipei, April 27 (CNA) New Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) Director-General Tu Wei (杜微) on Tuesday pledged that improving safety management will be the number one reform during his tenure, in an effort to restore passenger confidence in the wake of a deadly train crash that killed 49 people earlier this month.
Speaking during his swearing-in ceremony, Tu said the TRA has provided transportation services to Taiwanese for nearly 100 years but two recent accidents have caused people to seriously question TRA's safety management.
Tu was referring to the April 2 train accident in Hualien in which 49 passengers died and around 200 were injured, as well as an incident on April 24 in which a construction worker violated safety rules by crossing the tracks in Yilan, resulting in him being hit by an approaching train. The worker suffered non life-threatening injuries.
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