Train service resumes at station controlling site of deadly Indian railway disaster

Record ID: 1728123

  • Title: Train service resumes at station controlling site of deadly Indian railway disaster
  • Date: 5th June 2023
  • Summary: BALASORE, ODISHA, INDIA (JUNE 5, 2023) (REUTERS) WORKERS CARRYING OUT REPAIRS BY RAILWAY TRACKS AS TRAIN ARRIVES IN DISTANCE NEAR BAHANAGA BAZAR RAILWAY STATION WORKERS FIXING DAMAGED TRACKS, TRAIN WHEELS LYING IN BACKGROUND WORKERS CARRYING OUT REPAIRS BY RAILWAY TRACKS TRAIN ARRIVING AT BAHANAGA BAZAR RAILWAY STATION BOARD READING (English, Hindi and Oriya): "BAHANAGA BA
  • Embargoed: 19th June 2023 19:04
  • Keywords: Accident site Bahanaga Bazar Balasore India Odisha Railway expert Station master Train crash Train station
  • Location: BALASORE, ODISHA, LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
  • City: BALASORE, ODISHA, LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Ground Accidents/Collisions,Disaster/Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA001765905062023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Moving slowly on restored tracks, trains on Monday (June 5) began passing Bahanaga Bazar Railway Station, the station in control of and nearest to the site of India's deadliest train crash in over two decades.
    Railway employees at the small station, suddenly under a global spotlight after the horrific crash that killed 275 people took place barely a kilometre from it, were working to repair broken tracks and resume normal rail operations.
    The rail disaster struck on Friday (June 2), when a passenger train hit a stationary freight train, jumped the tracks and hit another passenger train passing in the opposite direction near the district of Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha.
    Following non-stop efforts to rescue survivors and clear and repair the track, trains resumed running over that section of the line on Sunday (June 4) night.
    Trains were passing slowly by the derailed and mangled compartments, while repair work continued at the track side.
    Some 120 km (75 miles) further north, at Kharagpur in West Bengal state, railway officials and witnesses gathered to submit evidence to a two-day inquiry, led by A.M. Chowdhary, commissioner of railway safety for the south-eastern circle.
    Preliminary investigations indicated the Coromandel Express, heading southbound to Chennai from Kolkata, moved off the main line and entered a loop track – a side track used to park trains – at 128 kph (80 mph), crashing into the stationary freight train.
    That crash caused the engine and first four or five coaches of the Coromandel Express to jump the tracks, topple and hit the last two coaches of the Yeshwantpur-Howrah train heading in the opposite direction at 126 kph on the second main track.
    (Production: Bhushan Kumar, Sunil Kataria, Violet Gonda)
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