A SHANGHAI underground train has rammed into the back of another train, injuring 260 passengers and reviving fears for public safety because of the rapid pace of China’s rail expansion.
The crash, in China’s financial centre, took place after a signalling fault on line 10, which opened last year ahead of the Shanghai Expo.
Twenty of the injured are in serious condition, and three are in a critical condition.
A high-speed bullet train crash in Wenzhou in July killed 40 people and sparked widespread public criticism about safety standards in the Chinese rail industry.
Shanghai has 11 metro lines and one magnetic-levitation line. The network has expanded rapidly in the past decade to 453km (281 miles) as the population in China’s biggest city has grown to more than 20 million.