India - railway incidents and rules (merged posts)

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[grahame]

Later reports put the death toll at "over 200" Awful. Nearly 1,000 hurt.

And now - worse than any rail accident, ever, in the UK^▸ (United Kingdom).  Sadly, not a record for India.

Updating at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-65793257

at least 288 people are now known to have been killed and 850 injured in a multiple train collision in India's eastern Odisha state, officials say.

[ChrisB]

Amended to "at least 260" & another page refers to 261. Tragic

[onthecushions]

KS Anand CPRO of SE Railway (India) has said that the train was signalled off the main line in to the goods/platform (yes they still call it goods) loop, already occupied. The second (up) express struck by the wreckage.

Shades of Harrow.

There's also talk of recent signalling work (Clapham?).

The coaches not totally destroyed look to have performed well.

Sad to see such kind, gentle people hurt.

OTC

[grahame]

KS Anand CPRO of SE Railway (India) has said that the train was signalled off the main line in to the goods/platform (yes they still call it goods) loop, already occupied. The second (up) express struck by the wreckage.

Shades of Harrow.

All sort of shades.  I was looking at Quintinshill too ... but these are multiple train collisions where the sheer numbers of people are as high. If the report is correct, it's comparison is perhaps with Wetheral See Wikipedia Report

At about 4pm on Saturday 3 December 1836, a train was travelling westwards towards Carlisle, drawn by the locomotive SAMSON, with 26 passengers aboard plus a heavy load of goods. About half a mile before the siding the driver shut the locomotive regulator and the train descended the gradient. On reaching a bridge just before the siding, the train driver saw a man upon the line and signalled to him to get out of the way. The driver then saw that the points were set for the siding rather than the main line. He set the locomotive into reverse and he and the fireman leaped off. Because of the downward gradient the train carried on its way unchecked.

[johnneyw]

Thankfully, it seems that no one was hurt.

https://news-sky-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/india-runaway-train-travels-40-miles-without-a-driver-13081349?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17089693207508&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Findia-runaway-train-travels-40-miles-without-a-driver-13081349

Edit to correct thread title.

[Witham Bobby]

Thankfully, it seems that no one was hurt.

https://news-sky-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/india-runaway-train-travels-40-miles-without-a-driver-13081349?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17089693207508&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Findia-runaway-train-travels-40-miles-without-a-driver-13081349

Edit to correct thread title.

Whoops!

4-5-5 bells, and Form 1s to the driver and assistant. 

Such a relief that this did not end badly

[broadgage]

Presumably they do not have AWS^▸ (Automatic Warning System) or TPWS^▸ (Train Protection and Warning System), nor any similar equipment that would apply the brakes under such circumstances.