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Wednesday   8 /21 /2002


Landslide halts trains

  Roger LinSHENZHEN Railway Station has suspended trains for Beijing East and Huangchuan, Henan Province after a landslide in Jiangxi halted rail traffic on the southern part of a trunk railroad Monday.Other trains bound for Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province and Zhengzhou, Henan Province, were diverted to other routes.Maintenance workers and engineers dispatched by the Ministry of Railways combined to repair the damaged railway, which links the Chinese capital Beijing with Kowloon in Hong Kong.The landslide left thousands of passengers stranded in Shenzhen and Guangzhou East stations, which yesterday began refunding passengers for canceled trips.Shenzhen Railway Station yesterday urged passengers to be patient and pay attention to information released by the station.According to Xinhua News Agency, the train cancellation and route diversion would remain effective today. The landslide damaged the roadbed and demolished a section of the track at Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Xinhua said. The landslide was believed to have been caused by heavy rain that has drenched the province since July.

  

  

  

  

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