Six hour signal failure on Hong Kong MTR

[nlogax]

I imagine a multi-hour delay in Hong Kong would be commuter carnage.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ts-worst-ever-delay-a-six-hour-signal-failure

"Hong Kong is investigating its worst train delay in the public transport system’s history, after a signalling failure of six hours left thousands of commuters stranded on Tuesday.

MTR managing director Jacob Kam Chak-pui described the incident as so unprecedented that outside experts were being brought in. The investigation should take about two months, he said."

 

[flymo]

Total balls up of biblical proportions on all sides of the people 'running' the railway with MTR 'management' clueless on what to do as always. They now say the computers controlling the lines in question started sending uncommanded data transfers between themselves reducing their operational capacity and shutting systems down. Skynet is now self aware and controlling trains in Hong Kong. Wonder if that is why the South Island Line is driverless.. ?? Anyone know a Sarah Connor, she was being paged yesterday.?

In an apparently totally unrelated issue, a signalling upgrade encomapssing the 4 lines that fell over was done overnight before the whole thing went Pete Tong. Totally unrelated to anything of course, computer said no.

Sad to see a once world class system falling apart more and more, this is what happens when a property developer plays with its train set.