Two train drivers were sent to the hospital this morning after their trains collided during a signal test in the early hours of this morning.
Train services between the Central and Admiralty MTR stations on the Tsuen Wan line will be suspended all day on Monday as an investigation into what happened gets under way.
Passengers who want to travel to Central are advised to switch to the Island line, which is running as normal.
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Speaking to reporters at Central MTR station this morning, MTR Corp’s operations director, Adi Lau Tin-shing, said the collision happened at around 3am when two Tsuen Wan line trains heading in opposite directions collided with each other near Central station during a trial run for a new signal system.
Photos from the scene show one of the trains partially derailed, and the interior of their cars smashed in and strewn with debris.
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According to RTHK, Lau said that one of the train drivers injured his right leg in the incident, while a second driver was uninjured.
Police, however, said that both drivers were hurt, telling Coconuts HK that both drivers were sent to Queen Mary Hospital “in a conscious state.”
Lau also said it remained unclear as to how both trains ended up on the same track at the same time, but added that the new signal system would only be implemented after passing the requisite tests.
Updates to come.
