22 coaches of Ahmedabad-Puri express roll down 10km without engine; 7 suspended
India | Apr 08, 2018, 01:24 PM ISTAll passengers were safe and the coaches were stopped by alert staff by putting stones and bringing the train to a halt.
All passengers were safe and the coaches were stopped by alert staff by putting stones and bringing the train to a halt.
The accident had injured seven youngsters, five of them died on the spot, while one succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, later.
According to East Central Railway spokesperson Rajesh Kumar, key man Shivnandan spotted a damaged track around 8 am between Mansi-Maheshkhunt in Katihar district.
Luckily, he wasn’t run over but fell by the side of the track and sustained a head injury.
Thirteen cars jumped the track. The train had 14 cars, including two engines, said Brook Bova of the Washington State Patrol.
Piyush Goyal said that track renewal -- replacing old tracks with new wherever necessary -- was essential for the safety of the railways
On Wednesday night, 10 passengers of the Delhi-Kalka Himalayan Queen express got injured when the train driver suddenly applied emergency brakes in Karnal's Gharaunda.
The accident took place under Bareli Faridpur police station.
The five women were crossing the tracks on their way home after taking bath at a nearby ghat, an official said.
The last coach of the Jammu Tawi-Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed on arrival at the New Delhi station Thursday morning.
Seen as an efficient administrator, new Railways Minister Piyush Goyal will have to shoulder the task of putting an end to the spate of accidents that have shaken people's confidence in the Asia's largest transporter
The accident occurred at around 6am near Obra in Sonbhadra district of UP
A truck with power sprayers containing anti-larval chemicals will be loaded on train for the purpose of fogging.
The averted mishap was the 18th incident of ‘sabotage’ in less than 40 days of 2017, which have raised serious concerns over the safety of train operations.
A day after the Hirakhand Express derailment, another train accident was today averted between Sathajagat and Dalsinghsarai railway stations near Samastipur in Bihar, a railway official said. "Two members of a railway patrolling team on
In a shocking revelation in the Indore-Patna train tragedy that killed at least 120 people, it has emerged that the train on the ill-fated day was carrying over fifty percent of passengers more than what has been originally claimed by the Railways.
Out of the 410 tickets booked on the IRCTC website, accounting for 695 passengers of the unfortunate Indore-Patna express accident only 126 (accounting for 209 passengers) included the recently announced travel insurance that costs less than Re 1.
In a tragic incident, at least six women were killed after being hit by a train near Darbangha in Bihar in the wee hours of Monday morning.
At least 13 people were today killed and 40 others injured in Pakistan after two passenger trains collided here.
At least 53 persons were killed and about 300 injured when a passenger train from Cameroon's capital Yaounde to economic capital Douala derailed.
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