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Blog Entry# 5742362
Posted: Jun 04 2023 (08:59)

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Jun 04 2023 (08:59)   12841/Coromandel Express (PT) | BNBR/Bahanaga Bazar (3 PFs)
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This incident main reason failing of signal and station master 😡
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Jun 05 2023 (01:56)
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While we are doing speculation on the various causes. This article is chilling.

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The February 8th incident at Hosadurga Road involving 12649 Sampark Kranti Express was a premonition of this
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disaster. All the evidence points to ASM, Point Man having done a manual override of the system (giving green to Coromandel Express) without correcting the points themselves (which pointed to the loop). This is the best explanation as to why the signal was given and then taken-off.

I just hope Railways does a proper due-diligence and simply does not start peddling a sabotage theory. I think the statement of the BCCN Goods Train guard here is crucial. Was he able to see something suspicious near point 17A of BNBR before the ill-fated Coromandel Express crashed into the goods train.

We are nearly 30 years post the 1995 Firozabad Rail Disaster. A disaster of this magnitude leading to 275 deaths should not be happening in India in 2023.

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