Experts slam moving of train wreck

The Istanbul to Ankara high speed train crashed last night, leaving 36 passengers dead and more than 80 injured. The focus of the inquiry that has been launched is on whether the train, which was capable of speeds of 160 kilometres an hour, was travelling too fast on a section of track that had not been upgraded.
Emin Koramaz, the Chairman of the Machine Engineers Association, claimed the wreck had been removed without adequate technical investigation.
“There were reports submitted to the Transport Ministry and State Rail authority (TCDD) ahead of the accident,” he said. “In these concern was voiced that the route in no respects was suitable for a speed train. After the accident the necessary importance to scientific research was not given. The political gains were held before science.”
Another critic of the high speed train, which only came into service on June 4, was the Chairman of the Chamber of Electrical Engineers, Kemal Ulusaler, who said that the incident was a reflection of the downsizing of the state.
“There are many speed trains around the world but they have the infrastructure too,” he said. “The workers on the railway lines are the most innocent part in the incident. But the load is mounted on them.”