1981 Chengdu–Kunming rail crash
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Operator | China Railways, Sichuan Railway Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incident type | Bridge failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cause | Mudslide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trains | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deaths | 240, 275 or 360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Injured | 146 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Chengdu–Kunming rail crash occurred on July 9, 1981, when train number 442 passed the failed Liziyida bridge near
Crash
At 1:30 a.m., a
At 1:41 a.m., the number 442 passenger train consisting of two China Railway DF3 pulling 13 cars from Geliping to Chengdu was dispatched from the Niri station after passing Route 221 (another train operated on the opposite direction, from Chengdu to Jinjiang). A minute later, staffs of Niri station discovered that they had lost phone contact to the next station Wusi River station when reporting the departure of route 442.
At 1:45 a.m., the train entered the Nainaibao tunnel at a speed of 40 km/h (25 mph).
Effects
Depending on the source, there were 240,[4] 275[5] or 360 people killed, including four crew-members.[1] The railway was blocked until a temporary bridge was completed on July 24. After the opening of the new Liziyida tunnel in May 1984 bypassing the gully, the temporary bridge was dismantled and the Nainaibao tunnel was abandoned. The bridge piers still stand today.
References
- ^ a b Distribution regularity of debris flow and its hazard in upper reaches of Yangtze River and other rivers of southwestern China, by Fangqiang Wei, Yuhong Jiang, Peng Cui and Mingtao Ding, published by Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences in 2007, Volume 12, Number 4, page 619–626
- ^ Sediment studies and management strategies in China by Zhao-Yin Wang and Bingnan Lin, published by International Journal of River Basin Management in March 2004, Volume 2, Issue 1, pages 39–50
- ^ "中国水利网站 ->专题关注 ->新闻专题 ->防洪重点薄弱环节建设 ->专家视点". chinawater.com.cn. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ a b "历史上的今天:成昆铁路发生列车坠桥事故" [Today in history: train falls off bridge on Chengkun railway]. 看看新闻. July 9, 2013. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014.
- ^ "一次未经报道的铁路事故" [A never-previously released report on railway accident]. China Daily. September 30, 2013. Archived from the original on November 3, 2016.