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Bullet Train Derails In China
chrb writes "Xinhua is reporting that a Chinese bullet train has derailed, resulting in two of the train's coaches falling off a bridge. This comes only a few months after officials at the Railways Ministry expressed concerns that builders had ignored safety standards in the quest to build faster trains in record time — a claim that was subsequently retracted."
More to the point, no matter the reason, a reasonable safety system wouldn't allow 2 trains to come together. That has been part of railroad design for over a century.