High-speed rail safety concerns

There is an urgent need to improve the safety and security of China's high-speed rail network, a railway official says.

Yu Zhuomin, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) and chief of Wuhan Railway Bureau, said people crossing the railway in a reckless manner, invading railway land and the destruction of railway facilities are problems within the system.

The high-speed rail network needs to operate in a high security environment because a small breach could lead to disaster when the train travels at 350 km/h, he said.