The injured person has been sent to the hospital. The rolling gate at a station entrance of the Changsha Zhuzhou Xiangtan Intercity Railway fell and hit a female passenger. The rolling gate | Changsha
On the evening of June 12th, a female passenger was hit by a rolling shutter over her head while passing through the south entrance and exit of Changsha Kaifu Temple Station on the Changsha Zhuzhou Xiangtan Intercity Railway.
According to authoritative sources, at 21:00 on the day of the incident, the rolling gate at the south entrance and exit of Kaifu Temple Station on the Changsha Zhuzhou Xiangtan Intercity Railway accidentally fell, hitting a female passenger who was exiting the station. According to hospital diagnosis, the injured person is 22 years old, with epidural hemorrhage and skull fracture.
According to sources, the injured person is not in life-threatening condition and has been transferred to the hospital for treatment. The cause of the incident is still under further investigation.
On June 13th, the official Weibo account of Changsha Railway Station of Guangzhou Railway Group announced that at around 21:00 on June 12th, a woman passing by the south entrance and exit of Kaifu Temple Station on the Changsha Zhuzhou Xiangtan intercity railway was scratched and injured by a sliding rolling shutter. The injured person was immediately sent to medical treatment by station staff, and her life was stable. The station expressed deep condolences to the injured, conducted an investigation into the cause of the incident, and organized an in-depth investigation and rectification of station equipment to ensure personnel safety.
Public information shows that the Changsha Zhuzhou Xiangtan Intercity Railway has a total length of 105 kilometers and is the first intercity railway in Hunan Province. Taking Changsha Station as the center, connecting Changsha, Zhuzhou, and Xiangtan cities, with a designed speed of 200 kilometers per hour, it only takes 70 minutes from the starting point of Changsha West to Zhuzhou South and 64 minutes to Xiangtan after opening to traffic. The Kaifu Temple, Guanshaling, Bafangshan, Gushan, Jianshan, Lugu, and Changsha West stations on the western line of the Changsha Zhuzhou Xiangtan Intercity Railway were opened on December 26, 2017. The urban rail Kaifu Station is also a seamless transfer station for the Changsha Metro Line 1 Kaifu Temple Station.
According to Hunan Daily, during the May Day holiday in 2023, the Changsha Zhuzhou Xiangtan intercity railway sent a total of 457000 passengers, with a daily average of 91400 passengers, an increase of 248.9% compared to the same period last year. On May 3rd, 107000 passengers were sent in a single day, setting a new historical high.
According to reports, Hunan Intercity Railway Co., Ltd. reported that since the official opening and operation of the Changsha Zhuzhou Xiangtan Intercity Railway in 2016, as of the end of November 2017, the annual daily passenger flow has reached more than 8600 people, and the passenger flow on weekends is relatively large, reaching more than 10000 people.