Taipei, Nov. 14 (CNA) Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) officials said Sunday that around 20,000 passengers traveling in central Taiwan were stranded as 49 trains were delayed or suspended following a power cut caused by scaffolding falling on the tracks earlier in the day.
The incident occurred at 6: 33 a.m. on an elevated section of track between the Taichung and Tanzih stations, according to the officials.
Although a train traveling from Fengyuan in Taichung County to the eastern county of Taitung passed the site at the time of the accident, no passengers were injured, they said.
Power was completely resumed five hours later, the TRA said, adding that 49 trains were either delayed or suspended.
The 19,600 affected passengers are not eligible for compensation as they were delayed for less than an hour -- the minimum time for claiming compensation. (By Wang Shu-fen and Maia Huang) ENDITEM/J
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