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Hundreds evacuated from Hong Kong MTR train after smoke emerges from carriages
- Police say issue with train’s braking system believed to have caused incident
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Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a northbound train at Hong Kong’s Mong Kok East station on Wednesday morning after smoke was seen coming out from underneath its carriages.
The MTR Corporation said a preliminary check suggested that the incident was caused by brake issues, adding that an engineering team would carry out a thorough investigation.
“At about 7.45am, when a train on the East Rail line heading in the Lo Wu direction arrived [at] platform 2 at Mong Kok East station, staff noticed white smoke coming from underneath the train,” the rail operator said.
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“They immediately called police and informed firefighters, as well as arranged for passengers to disembark from the train for safety.”
The MTR Corp said the incident had a “slight” effect on the East Rail line services, with another train arriving several minutes later to transport passengers.
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“We have also made adjustments to our train service and changed the end stations of some trains to maintain smooth train operations,” the company added.
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