TRC’s Puyuma Trainset Cars 6 and 7 at Shulin Shunting Yard
Operating Agency
Taiwan Railway Corporation, Ltd.
Car type
Electric Multiple Unit (EMU)
Category
Other
Date
2026-08-06
Area
Shulin Shunting Yard, New Taipei City
Description
At 09:35 on 6 August 2026, a diesel-electric locomotive R102 at Shulin Yard of Taiwan Railway Corporation, coupled to Cars 7 and 8 of a Puyuma trainset, was pushing the cars into Track W10 to couple with Cars 1 through 6 of the same trainset stabled on that track. During the shunting movement, Cars 6 and 7 collided, resulting in damage to the couplers and the mounting brackets for the main-reservoir pipes on both cars. There were no casualties in this occurrence.
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