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Tragedy averted at 130 km/h: Train tilts but doesn’t fall – Times of India
BHOPAL: Disaster was averted when a high-speed train suddenly jerked and overturned in the Parliament buildings Morena district when the ground beneath a large section of track gave way on Saturday morning.
Luckily there was just enough to keep the train from tipping over. Although there were many skipped heartbeats on the Chhattisgarh Express (Amritsar to Bilaspur) No casualties were reported.
The incident occurred near the bank of the Chambal River, between Hetampur railway station in Morena and Dholpur in Rajasthan. The Chhattisgarh Express was travelling at a speed of 130 kmph when it hit the weakened track. Passengers were shocked by the sudden overturning.
Fortunately, the porter on site saw this and immediately alerted the station master. He alerted the locomotive pilot, who emergency brakescausing the train to come to a stop.
Railroad engineers arrived on the scene shortly afterward and discovered that the ground beneath the tracks had sunk as much as 6 feet.
The train was stationary for about an hour before being moved to a cautious speed of 1.5 km/h. The tracks are being repaired and trains are being restricted to a maximum speed of 20 km/h.
The collapse has been attributed to recent heavy rainfall in the region, which led to soil erosion at two locations on the Morena-Gwalior down track. The affected areas include a section near the Chambal river bridge on the Dholpur border and another between piers 1280/13 and 1280/17, about 2.5 km from Hetampur station.
Luckily there was just enough to keep the train from tipping over. Although there were many skipped heartbeats on the Chhattisgarh Express (Amritsar to Bilaspur) No casualties were reported.
The incident occurred near the bank of the Chambal River, between Hetampur railway station in Morena and Dholpur in Rajasthan. The Chhattisgarh Express was travelling at a speed of 130 kmph when it hit the weakened track. Passengers were shocked by the sudden overturning.
Fortunately, the porter on site saw this and immediately alerted the station master. He alerted the locomotive pilot, who emergency brakescausing the train to come to a stop.
Railroad engineers arrived on the scene shortly afterward and discovered that the ground beneath the tracks had sunk as much as 6 feet.
The train was stationary for about an hour before being moved to a cautious speed of 1.5 km/h. The tracks are being repaired and trains are being restricted to a maximum speed of 20 km/h.
The collapse has been attributed to recent heavy rainfall in the region, which led to soil erosion at two locations on the Morena-Gwalior down track. The affected areas include a section near the Chambal river bridge on the Dholpur border and another between piers 1280/13 and 1280/17, about 2.5 km from Hetampur station.
