Bullet train runs over passenger at the New Zuoying Station, who is dead. Need be careful on the platforms.
Good to know what won’t make them crash
And they stay on schedule.
I’m a bit surprised about that bit.
Yes, a bit surprised as someone is dead, but Taiwan seems get over this quicky be bus crash or bike crash compared to Japan.
Maybe Taiwan will pass a law to prevent this from happening but not enforce the law.
So what happened?!? Someone fell onto the tracks?
EDIT: OK Now I see the Taiwan News article link. Apparently so. Just awful . . .
Guy
When I worked in London and we’d have a Monday morning jumper, jeesh!
Unlike most institutions in Taiwan, THSR is generally reliable. I actually expect a prompt and proper response to the incident.
Sometimes not prompt and too too slow. Well they need move faster on platform gates/doors, seems plans are finish in 2028, why not 2025?? Or even now.
Yea it happens sometimes… platform doors are supposed to prevent this but this costs money to do. Trains can’t stop in time if someone jumps or falls off the platform.
Most likely a suicide because people know to stay away as the train approaches
The Japanese Shinkansen has hit people too
When the HSR hit someone they just need to inspect the train and they need to move it out of the way so they can remove all the pieces of the body
But they should take that train out of service for this Inspection and the station closed for an hour or two to complete investigations
Every time BART hits a jumper the trains continue through but do not stop at that station and the station is closed for an hour or two and an announcement is made the station is closed because of a ‘medical emergency’ which is their term for a death
Someone died though because they were pushed
When on platforms stay away from the edge and be aware of people around you so you don’t get pushed
Basically stay far away from the edge until the train stops
Over here Caltrain kills a person once a month or so mostly suicide and. BART is not far behind
Thank you. Very useful advice.
In US cities we find it better to make frequent reminders about this.
Terrible. Probably a suicide. 
You have to really want to die to throw yourself in front of a train.
Such high suicide rates in East Asia (Korea, Japan, here…), and yet mental health services are so taboo. Getting a little less so the past decade, but it still feels like baby steps.
Oh yeah, and that HSR is literally a kilometer from where I live. Go to it all the time as it’s connected to the MRT and a department store too.
I’d be really afraid of things going awry.
I wonder if most are mostly impulsive and not planned at all. It’s a pretty gruesome end if you actually think about it, as you allude.
“Oh wait, all I have to do to end the pain is take a little step forward … now” etc.
Good to hear the HSR stations in the US are so safe!
a) There are no “HSR” stations in the US.
b) Other rail platforms in the US are not safe as people do jump or get pushed onto the tracks.
c) The safety you mentioned was not, as I read it, @tempogain 's point.
Guy
why are you putting “HSR” in scare quotes? Isn’t it written on the side of the bloody building?
And yes, a) was the point of my comment
Please don’t compare Taiwan to the other two. It’s not even close.