Chinese subway system to carry out checks amid fears over faulty cabling
Supplier accused of providing wrong cabling to subway in another city in northern China to cut costs, prompting inspections in Chengdu
A subway system in western China is to carry out extensive checks after another city reported that its underground transport network failed quality tests after using the same cable supplier.
The checks will be carried out on the subway system in Chengdu in Sichuan province, its operator announced on Tuesday.
The vice-mayor of Xian in Shaanxi publicly apologised on Monday after its subway system failed quality inspections and eight people were detained for allegedly supplying incorrect cabling, the news website Thepapern.cn reported.
Some of the electric cables for both networks were supplied by the company Aokai Cable, according to media reports.
The subway network in Chengdu said four lines in its network used cables provided by the firm.
The initial inspections in Xian came after a whistle-blower, said to be a former employee with the cable supplier, posted online accusing the firm of cutting back on construction materials to cut costs.