NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Commission of Railway Safety (CRS), in its provisional findings in the Kanchanjunga Express accident that claimed 10 lives, has pointed to wrong authority letters issued to loco pilots on how to negotiate defective signals and lapses at “multiple levels” in train operations following failure of automatic signals.In its report to the Railway Board,…
NEW DELHI: Amid debate over whether loco pilot was at fault or signalling system was behind the fatal accident in West Bengal, officials said seven trains, including the Kanchanjunga Express and the goods train which rammed it, were issued authority letters to pass the defective automatic signalling system. Barring the goods train, the other six…
NEW DELHI: At least nine people were killed and over 50 were injured as a goods train rammed into Kanchanjunga Express on early Monday morning near New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal.A passenger of the Sealdah-Kanchanjunga Express, standing beside a damaged coach, recounted that their train was moving at a slow pace as it approached Rangapani,…
NEW DELHI: Anti-collision system ‘Kavach‘ was not installed in the Kanchanjunga Express that collided with a goods train on Monday claiming at least 8 lives and injuring over 20, chairman & CEO of Railway Board Jaya Varma Sinha said.Talking about the cause of the accident, Sinha said that the accident seemed to be a case…
