A day after the Tamil Nadu prepare accident, consultants stated that based on the data-logger video, the prepare was given a inexperienced sign to cross by the principle line, nevertheless, it entered a loop line already occupied by the freight prepare.
The Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Specific collided with a stationary items prepare on the Kavaraippettai railway station within the Chennai rail division in Tamil Nadu at round 8:30 pm on October 11 resulting in accidents to 19 passengers.
The information logger is a tool positioned within the station space to seize prepare actions and sign points, amongst different issues.
This information logger’s yard-simulation video has been circulated amongst senior railway officers’ WhatsApp teams since October 12 morning, prompting them to attract a parallel between the accident and the Balasore prepare collision of June 2, 2023.
Chief public relations officer (CPRO) of the Southern Railway stated he’s not conscious of any such video and that a number of investigations have already been initiated into the collision, PTI reported.
In a press assertion launched on October 11, the Railway Board additionally admitted that the passenger prepare was given a inexperienced sign for the principle line nevertheless it skilled a jerk and entered the loop line, ensuing within the collision with the freight prepare. A high-level enquiry has been ordered into the incident.
In Balasore, the Howrah-bound Coromandel Specific was given a inexperienced sign for the principle line. Nonetheless, because of the flawed interlocking of tracks, it entered a loop line and collided with a stationary items prepare.
Sanjay Pandhi, working president of the Indian Railway Loco Runningmen’s Organisation (IRLRO), expressed shock as based on him, all earlier trains handed by the stated station “with none abnormalities within the signalling and interlocking system”, the PTI report added.
Ok P Arya, a retired chief sign and telecom engineer/data know-how within the Northern Railway, informed PTI that the information logger’s yard-simulation video reveals that the prepare involved is happening each the principle line in addition to the loop line, which isn’t attainable.
Arya stated it’s a widely-known (however by no means formally acknowledged) engineering defect of tracks and interlocking-point mechanisms, which might trigger such a derailment.
The consultants stated a transparent image would solely emerge after a radical investigation, which is already on.
In the meantime, restoration work is underway on the website to renew prepare providers. Nonetheless, rain has affected the tempo of the restoration efforts. Railway officers right this moment stated that it’s going to take roughly 16 hours for the restoration.
