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After nearly 10 days of separation and local paralysis due to historic floods causing serious landslides in the Central region, the railway industry is racing against time, expected to reopen tomorrow morning (November 26). The railway industry has transported more than 15,000 packages of essential goods to support people affected by floods and rains for free - Photo: VNR. Along with efforts to overcome the problem, Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) still shows social responsibility by persistently maintaining activities of receiving and transporting relief goods to flood-affected localities for free. Transporting 15,000 packages of relief goods, this enterprise said, despite suffering losses. Severe damage to infrastructure, the railway industry still gives top priority to relief work. From October 10 to November 24, Vietnam Railway Corporation transported more than 15,000 packages of essential goods (including food, medicine, clothes, books...) to the South Central provinces. Goods were received through government agencies, the Fatherland Front and Red Cross Associations at all levels. Vietnam Railways prioritized loading relief goods onto luggage cars connecting Thong Nhat passenger trains and freight trains. North - South fast. Trains depart from Hanoi, Giap Bat, Saigon, Song Than... bringing goods to the nearest station that also has trains running, creating favorable conditions for local reception and distribution. This transport activity takes place continuously, even when the railway line is divided, many trains have to stop running or transfer. To soon restore the national railway, the VNR has mobilized maximum forces and vehicles. Overnight, the national railway has been reconnected. To quickly restore the national railway, the VNR has mobilized maximum forces and vehicles. Nghia Binh Railway Joint Stock Company mobilized nearly 800 workers to stay at the scene, working overnight in bad weather conditions. On November 24, Vietnam Railways leaders were directly present at the Hao Son - Phu Hiep section, this is a serious landslide area, the roadbed was washed away and the road centerline was offset by up to 4m to direct the recovery work. At 7:00 p.m. on November 24, the Phu Hiep - Dong Tac railway section officially returned the track and the first freight train passed through this section safely. Vietnam Railways has also completed repairing 3 flooded locomotives at Chi Thanh and Hao Son stations, ready to pull trains as soon as the route opens. It is expected that tomorrow morning (November 26), the North - South railway will officially open the route through the Central region, ending nearly 10 days of paralysis due to natural disasters. However, VNR also said that damage caused by floods in the South Central region (Dieu Tri - Nha Trang section) continues to affect passenger and freight train schedules. From November 17 until now, the railway industry has temporarily stopped running 65 passenger trains. On November 25 and expected on November 26, Vietnam Railways will continue to stop running 13 passenger trains including SE8, SE5, SE21/SE22, SNT2/SNT1, SE4, and SE48 (chartered trains). Trains SE4 and SE3 departing on November 24 and 25 must also shorten their journeys, taking Da Nang as the final station instead of Saigon. To support customers, in the Gia - Tuy Hoa section, 976 passengers were transported safely by road. Vietnam Railways returned more than 25,200 train tickets to customers with a value of more than 17.6 billion VND. Nearly 17,500 free main and side meals, worth more than 623 million VND, were also served to affected passengers. This business will continue to make efforts to shorten the passenger train journey through the area from Dieu Tri to Nha Trang until November 27, and hopes for passengers understanding for the unexpected inconvenience caused by natural disasters. Phan TrangSee moreSee moreSee more
