Railway reopens to traffic after fatal accident
2008-04-28 17:41:52 Xinhua English
Rescuers work at the site of the trains colliding accident, in east China's Shandong Province, on April 28, 2008. Passenger train T195 en route from Beijing to Qingdao city in eastern China derailed and hit train 5034 early on Monday, causing "heavy casualties", witnesses and a government spokesman confirmed.(Xinhua Photo)
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ZHOUCUN, Shandong, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The Qingdao-Jinan Railway reopened to traffic at 2:16 Tuesday morning after more than 20 hours of interruption caused by train collision that kills 70 people.
At 2:16 a.m., a cargo train of 1,185 metric tons rolled over the repaired section at Zibo of east China's Shandong Province, followed by passenger train T196 at 2:41 a.m.
A high-speed passenger train jumped the track here on Monday morning, striking another train and leaving 70 dead and 416 injured.
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