Nanjing Metro Line 2 takes a lot of people to go about their business every day. Approximately 600,000 citizens rode its trains yesterday, 5 June. For some though, the journey between Zhongling Jie and Maqun stations turned out to be no ordinary affair.
南京地铁2号线每天承载着很多人出行。昨天，即 6 月 5 日，大约有 60 万公民乘坐了火车。但对于一些人来说，中岭街站和马群站之间的旅程并不是一件普通的事情。
At 16:09 yesterday, Nanjing Metro announced that there had been a, “sudden equipment failure”, affecting trains in both directions between the two stations.
昨天16时09分，南京地铁发布消息称，发生“设备突发故障”，影响两站双向列车运行。
As per the Nanjing Metro’s official account on Weibo, “This afternoon, in the section between Maqun Station and Zhongling Jie Station on Line 2, smoke of unknown origin drifted into the tunnel, infiltrating train carriages and platforms”.
据南京地铁官方微博称，“今天下午，2号线马群站至钟灵街站区间，隧道内冒出不明烟雾，渗入车厢和站台”。
Over on social media, passengers taking the Metro confirmed the smoke had reached the station platforms and even the interior of trains.
在社交媒体上，乘坐地铁的乘客证实，烟雾已经到达站台，甚至火车内部。
As some passengers posted online, “The smoke was very heavy, as if the rubber had been burnt”, “It smells so bad; the metro is full of smoke”, and, “The smell of smoke is so strong that my throat hurts”.
有乘客在网上留言，“烟很重，好像橡胶烧焦了”、“味道好难闻，地铁里都是烟”、“烟味太重了，喉咙痛”。
At 16:53 on the same day, another posted a message to say that firefighters had arrived at the scene to deal with it, the Yangtze Evening News reports.
据扬子晚报报道，当天16时53分，又有人发帖称，消防人员已抵达现场处置。
It was initially suspected the smoke to be the result of faulty equipment, but after several specialised inspections, it was decreed that the status of all equipment was normal and that the smoke had not impacted the operation of the Metro.
最初怀疑冒烟是设备故障造成的，但经过多次专门检查，确定所有设备状态正常，烟雾并未影响地铁运营。
At 17:04, Nanjing Metro authorities announced that the operation of Line 2 had returned to normal. The cause of the smoke, which other passengers described as “pungent”, remains unknown or unannounced.
17时04分，南京地铁官方宣布2号线恢复正常运营。其他乘客称烟雾“刺鼻”，其原因仍然未知或未公布。
Line 2 is the second oldest line on the Nanjing Metro network. Opened on 28 May, 2010, trains for Line 2 were jointly manufactured by CRRC Nanjing Puzhen and Alstom of France.
2号线是南京地铁网络上第二古老的线路。 2010年5月28日开通，2号线列车由中车南京浦镇公司与法国阿尔斯通公司联合制造。
Even older is Line 1, dating back to 2005, and where the only derailment on the Nanjing Metro took place, in 2021. On 4 March, a train came of the tracks as it was approaching the then-terminus of the Line, Maigaoqiao.
更古老的是1号线，可以追溯到2005年，2021年南京地铁唯一一次脱轨事故发生在该处。3月4日，一列火车在接近该线当时的终点站迈皋桥时冲出铁轨。
Having derailed, the train, thought to be one of a pair employed to do a test run on the tracks each morning, then collided with the platform corner as it entered Maigao Qiao Station. Without passengers aboard, there were no casualties in the incident.
这列火车被认为是每天早上在铁轨上进行试运行的两列火车中的一列，出轨后，在进入迈高桥站时与站台拐角相撞。由于机上没有乘客，事件没有造成人员伤亡。
