After the accident, there was a lack of trust in the public. Following the high-speed train disaster in the Ciciang Province of eastern China, the public is questioning the safety of these trains. Wang Yongping, spokesman for the Ministry of Railways, which has been criticized for the high-speed train accident in China last Saturday, which killed 36 people, said at a press conference that China has advanced high-speed railway technology and that they trust it.
The spokesman, who stated that foreigners will also benefit from the compensation rights of those who died in the accident, stood up and bowed in apology at the press conference. The spokesman, who denied that the train accident was caused by a lack of safety in the system, stated that the country's high-speed train network was up to date.
The Ministry of Railways announced the dismissal of 3 officials from the Shanghai Railways Administration, while continuing the investigation into the accident. After the accident, it is still unknown whether the D3115 train stopped before the collision. Authorities state that after the first train stopped, the second train did not receive a warning.
The first generation in the country, the "D" type high speed trains called "Dong Çı" run an average of 200 kilometers per hour. The "G" type and new generation "Gao Tie" trains can reach speeds of 250-300 kilometers per hour.
After the most serious train accident in China since 2008, concerns about the security of the system have been expressed on internet blogs and local social networks.
A comment in the Global Times newspaper stated that the accident was a "bloody lesson" for the Chinese railway industry, while pointing out that the accident caused the safety of the rapidly expanding high-speed train networks to be questioned. Professor Wang Mingshu, from Beijing Transport University, told the Global Times newspaper that a wrong operation by the engineers could be the cause of the accident.
Wang said that the high-speed trains have an automatic warning system, and when the train is another train in front of the 4, the system gives an alarm and the train is slowed down.
This distance falls to two kilometers to the engineer indicating that the braking warning that the brake, the brake needs to be activated manually, no automatic brake system, in this case, the engineers said the decision should be trusted.
Wang said the accident reflects technological and administrative shortcomings of high-speed trains, but that public trust should not be overthrown by an accident.
In the first investigations of the accident, the result of the power failure, the electronic security system to stop the alarm in case of stopping the result was obtained.
China, which has the world's largest high-speed train network, still continues its efforts to expand the network to remote regions. It is envisaged that the high-speed train network in the country will be increased to 13 thousand kilometers by the end of this year and to 2020 thousand kilometers by 16.
After the accident, Ministry of Transport officials called for a comprehensive overhaul and maintenance, especially for high-speed train networks, to local governments. Emphasizing that safety is the first priority, the authorities underlined the right of people to travel safely.
Noting that a large-scale inspection is needed across China, the authorities demanded that officials at all levels be held responsible for these accidents. A short time before the train accident, 41 people died as a result of the sleeper bus accident that occurred in the central part of the country in the province of Hnan.
