Accountability Number: Hidden Dangers Still Exist In Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway

"The accident is due to WenZhou South Railway Station.

As a result, China Railway Communication and signal group (hereinafter referred to as "Tong Hao group") has been locked up as an important party responsible for the "rear end collision" accident.

On the morning of July 29th, the Beijing all road communication signal research and Design Institute Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "general hospital"), a wholly owned enterprise of the general number group and directly operated the Yongwen line project, issued an apology letter to the "7. 23" Ningbo Wenzhou Railway line.

In the letter of apology, the general hospital said, "we will actively cooperate with the relevant departments of the state and the Ministry of Railways in investigating the accident. We dare to take the responsibility and accept the punishment we deserve, and we must seriously deal with the responsible persons."

General number group, China

When exploring the truth of the "7 / 23" accident, it is worth asking what hidden dangers have been laid on the layout of China's high-speed railway.

In fact, its influence has been covered by Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway and a number of passenger dedicated line projects under construction, or even overseas markets.

Apologizing and self checking

At the same time of "apology", the Tong Hao group did not publish substantive "self-examination" progress.

If it is not "7. 23"

In July 28th, starting from 1:00 p.m., Beijing and Fengtai District Huayuan Li Li 18 began gathering reporters and interviews vehicles. This is where Beijing communications signal design and Research Institute is located.

The security guard at the gate obviously had not seen such a posture, so that at least eight people gathered in the reception room.

Until three p.m., in a small conference room on the east side of the general hospital, Tian Zhenhui, Minister of Propaganda Department of the general hospital, finally appeared and accepted the reporter's questions.

Tian Zhenhui said, "everyone's mood is understandable, I am also very sad, but we have to wait for the findings of the State Council, we are also self-examination, everything is in progress."

When the reporter asked about the progress of the "self-examination" at the general hospital, it did not respond positively.

When many reporters asked about the specific equipment involved in the accident, Tian Zhenhui said, "I really don't understand."

Kasco's silence

As a core supplier of Ningbo Wenzhou line, the group of shares of general number, Inc., is still silent.

In the accident, another well-known railway signal company, the company, is also widely questioned.

The core signal system of Yongwen line (CTC system) is decentralized.

Kasco's other identity is the joint venture between general number group and French Alston.

In 1986, Alston, a joint venture invested by Tong Hao group and China Investment Limited, was the first Sino foreign joint venture of China Railway, with a registered capital of 100 million yuan.

In July 25th, Kasco, vice president of operations of Mei Xiaobo, told our reporter that "the CTC system provided by the company is no problem", but did not provide relevant evidence to reporters.

On the 28 day, our reporter arrived at the headquarters of the headquarters of the 27 building of triumph building in Tianmu Road, Shanghai.

But when a reporter asked for an interview with Sun Xisheng, vice president Luo Xinhong and other executives, the staff said they did not work here, and had recently been on a business trip.

A middle-aged man told reporters that Kasco had been concerned about the cause of the collision between the Yongwen line and the EMU. From the current reasons, it has nothing to do with Kasco's products.

When the reporter asked, "Kasco's CTC system is related to the signal equipment of the parent company's serial number group", the man said that due to the detailed results of the accident still under investigation, it is not convenient for media interviews, but Kasco will give an analysis report in due course.

How much is hidden danger?

Not only the Yongwen line, but also the "hidden danger" in the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, as well as a number of projects under construction.

In the afternoon, our reporter learned from an insider of Tong Hao group that the investigation storm triggered by the accident will be much more than the Yongwen line.

"Now, we are conducting safety checks and renovating for all high-speed rail and passenger dedicated railway projects we build and construct."

At present, most of our technical backbone have gone to the front line to carry out technical support and risk investigation at the project site.

Among them, Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway is the key. Along the three major railway bureaus of Shanghai, Beijing and Ji'nan, as well as the relevant dispatching centers and core network rooms, we have technicians to carry out special tackling and rectification at the scene.

On the official website, the general hospital said its high-speed rail and passenger dedicated railway projects, which include the construction of the communication signal system integration task, include not only the Yongwen line (Ningbo Taizhou Wenzhou), but also the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway which just opened to traffic at the end of June, and 7 of the high-speed rail and passenger dedicated lines that are being built and will be opened to traffic by the end of 2011.

In addition, the general hospital has carried out "urban rail pit in more than 10 cities at home and abroad", and has many overseas projects in Iran, North Korea and Africa, and is actively participating in the implementation of Mecca light rail, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan high speed rail and so on.

The "pcript" of Tong Hao group has clearly indicated that it is worthy of the name "Big Mac" of the railway signal industry.

Gene of total number

The background of the Ministry of railways, the status of central enterprises, and the unsuccessful "introduction, digestion, absorption and re innovation".

"The railway safety assurance system is huge and consists of many subsystems," a senior industry veteran told our reporter. The group not only provided subsystems, but also played a role of "system integration".

Its status in the field of railway communication signals is determined by its "genes".

The general number group was originally a ministry directly under the Ministry of railways. After being decoupled from the Ministry of Railways in 2000, it became a large central enterprise directly under the State Council's SASAC.

The central enterprise that once ran a difficult position was the direct beneficiary of "China's high-speed rail great leap forward" after 2006.

In 2006, its operating income was only 4 billion 200 million yuan, and its profit was only 300 million. In 2010, its operating income has reached 12 billion yuan, with a profit of 1 billion 260 million yuan.

In 2009 alone, it signed 19 billion of the contract, including the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway signal project.

In addition, the company continued to grow and benefited from the development opportunities of localization of railway technology and equipment and the autonomy of technology system.

The railway "11th Five-Year plan" pointed out that we should strengthen original innovation, integrated innovation, and introduce digestion, absorption and innovation to form a high-speed railway technology system with China's own intellectual property rights.

The objective result is that almost all of the active Chinese railway communication and signal markets are now local enterprises, and Alston only has the opportunity to get involved through joint ventures with the general serial group.

However, the "7. 23" motor vehicle rear end accident shows that the group with exclusive market space does not seem to be able to do well in the course of "introduction, digestion, absorption and re innovation".

The preliminary investigation results released on the 28 day show that there are serious defects in the design of signal equipment of Tong Hao group, and there is a fault in the signal equipment of WenZhou South Railway Station. The red light shows green light.

This may be directed directly to the "ZPW-2000A non insulation frequency shift automatic block system" of the group's "independent R & D" design.

According to public information, the automatic block system, which has been popularized throughout the whole year in recent years, is not original. Instead, it was imported and imported on the basis of the UM71 automatic block system introduced by French CSEE company in 1989.