外文学院07-4 常笛成艳梅干凤婷户平 山东火车相撞事件 Chinese news

外文学院07-4 常笛成艳梅干凤婷户平 山东火车相撞事件 Chinese news 外文学院07-4 常笛 成艳梅 干凤婷 户平 山东火车相撞事件 1. Chinese news reports say the government has dismissed five officials in connection with a deadly train crash in Shandong province. The Xinhua News Agency said the officials made mistakes that directly caused the crash last Monday. Three other Chinese officials were dismissed last week. Investigators found that rail officials failed to warn one train to slow down when they should have. That train went off the rails and hit another train killing 72 people. (source:China Daily) 2. The second train, on its way from Yantai in Shandong to Xuzhou in eastern Jiangsu source:BBC) province, was knocked off its tracks although it stayed upright. ( 3. JINAN -- A high-speed passenger train jumped the track in the eastern province of Shandong early on Monday, striking another train and leaving 70 dead and 416 injured, railway authorities confirmed. (source:China Daily) 4. Emergency workers help evacuate passengers from derailed train carriages after two trains collided on a main railway route in Zibo, East China's Shandong Province, April 28, 2008. (source:XinHua News) 5. No foreign citizens were killed in the accident, which occurred just before the May Day national holiday. (source:China Daily) 6. An operating irregularity occurred at 10:38 hrs on 27 August 2007 on the single line between Aylesbury and Claydon L&NE Junction. A freight locomotive was standing on the single line without the necessary authority. A passenger train was then signalled onto the same line. The passenger train driver saw the locomotive ahead in time to stop without significant risk of collision. (source: China Daily) 7. When the 20:10hrs English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) freight train from Angerstein Wharf to London St Pancras Churchyard Sidings started from a signal at the south end of Camden Road Tunnel, the coupling broke between the second and third wagons from the back of the train. Fifty minutes later the brakes on the two separated wagons ceased to hold them against the gradient, and they ran slowly towards St Pancras for about 200 - 300 metres, then reversing before coming to rest about 140 metres from where they had started. (source:China Daily) 8. Causal and contributory factors included that the driver and signaler were not following the rule book requirements concerning trains where couplings had broken or had a missing tail lamp, the condition of the brakes fitted to the runaway wagons, and the breakage of the coupling because part of the material it was made from was outside specification. (source:China Daily) 9. On 12 September 2006 at approximately 06:03hrs, a 'one' train service from Norwich to Cambridge was travelling at 87 mph when it struck a dislodged ‘Holdfast’ level crossing surface panel at Croxton level crossing and derailed. The train ran for a further 463 metres before it stopped. There were no injuries on the train, but a car driver suffered a whiplash injury after colliding with the panel shortly before the train arrived. The line was closed for the day to allow repairs to the track and the fitting of a new panel in the level crossing. (source:China Daily) 10. The train was travelling at approximately 33 mph and the driver sounded the horn continuously as he approached the crossing. The train driver suffered shock and was taken to hospital. None of the 65 passengers or the conductor were injured; the train was damaged but did not derail. Rail services re-commenced early the next day. (source:BBC) 11. Preliminary investigations suggested the accident was caused by human error. Authorities have ruled out the possibility of terrorism. (source:China Daily) 12. When Zhang escaped from the wrecked train, she saw many villagers had voluntarily joined the rescue work, some smashing train windows with farm tools to free trapped passengers. Others brought food and water from home. (source:China Daily) 13. The passenger train driver saw the locomotive ahead in time to stop without significant risk of collision. (source:China Daily) 14. When it collided with a tractor on crossing XL202. The tractor driver died as a result of his injuries. (source:China Daily) 关键词 山东火车相撞事件 train crash 火车事故 rail officials 铁路官员 went off the rails 脱离了铁轨 knocked off its tracks 击毁铁路 A high-speed passenger train 高速行驶的客车 derailed train carriages 脱轨的客运火车 a main railway route 主要铁路路线 single line 单线 Brake 刹车.刹闸 Causal and contributory factors 导致事故的原因 Signaler 信号,警报 rule book requirements 管理条例的要求 couplings 连接,连接器. tail lamp 尾灯 breakage 损坏,破环 specification 详细说明 whiplash injury (坐汽车引起的)头部受伤 horn 警报器 derail 使出轨 Rail services 铁路服务 human error 人为的错误 rescue work 营救工作 locomotive 火车头 collided with 与…相撞 山东火车相撞 72亡416伤 疑超速酿肇祸 山东境内28日凌晨发生两辆客运列车相撞事故，造成72人死亡，416人受伤，伤员中有4名法国旅客。据了解，出事火车T195实际车速达131公里/小时，超速可能是相撞事故发生的原因。 对于造成胶济铁路重特大交通事故的原因，铁道部现场初步查明，此次特大交通安全事故是人为责任事故，完全排除恐怖袭击或治安事件。铁路运营专家指出，该宗事故很可能是由于司机疲劳驾驶和线路老化所造成。另据新华社报道，胶济线周村至王村区间限速为每小时80公里，而这列T195次列车下行通过时达到每小时131公里，严重超速。 T195当时车速达131公里/小时 据新华社报道，济南铁路局工作人员示，发生脱轨事故的T195特快列车最高行车速度为160公里/小时，而通常的行车速度为120-130公里/小时。事发后，山东省委宣传部常务副部长姜铁军称，出事火车T195实际车速达131公里/小时，已经超速。 对于两辆列车相撞的原因，专家指出，目前中国实行的是列车速度联控行车机制，在区间不设任何通过信号机，调度控制中心和其管辖范围内的各个列车、相邻列车间可进行直接通信，在保证最小追踪运行间隔的前提下，相邻列车之间可自动地调整运行间隔。当第一辆列车T195次发生事故后，由于两辆列车运行时间间隔短，下行的T195次车辆发生事故信号很可能还未传到或者刚传到烟台到徐州的5034次列车，以及5034次列车司机来不及对车辆采取紧急制动，最终造成了两车相撞的严重后果。 运行间隔过短 信号来不及传递 专家指出，一般情况下，全国各地开往北京的列车均是由各地派出车辆和乘务人员，在到达北京当日便载客返回。从北京开往青岛的T195次是夕发朝至列车，列车往返时均在夜间行驶。虽然列车上已配有两班乘务人员，但是列车司机从青岛至北京的途中已经经过一夜驾驶，他们在到达北京稍事休息后又需夜间驾驶返回青岛，同时从生理角度看，凌晨4点左右是人最困的时候，事故发生的时候很有可能T195次列车两名司机都处于疲劳驾驶的状态。 事故路况复杂 线路老化酿车祸 据了解，胶济线周村至王村区间限速为每小时80公里。北京至青岛的T195次下行通过时达到每小时131公里。专家说，胶济铁路已有百年历史，虽然每年铁路部门都对线路进行检修，但是线路老化是不争的事实。目前，时速140公里至200公里，列车很容易发生脱轨事故。而由于此次事故发生的路段处于转弯地带，线路老化，路况较为复杂，如果司机在列车保持高速运转的情况下疲劳驾驶很容易使列车出轨，从T195次列车是从尾部第9到第17节车厢脱轨的情况看， 极有可能是上述原因造成的。 据铁道部现场负责抢救的人介绍，路轨上能看到两处比较明显的擦痕，应该是司机在相撞前曾两次紧急刹车，但从距离判断，5034次客车司机发现险情时只剩数秒时间，已无力回天。在现场的铁路专家初步分析，很可能是下行列车在高速过弯时造成脱线、颠覆。 该转弯处也是尚在建设中的大尚特大双线桥与原有线路连接处，有数百米的区段通行列车限速通过。 事故发生后，胶济铁路交通中断，中断了20多个小时的胶济铁路29日2时16分正式恢复通车。