Over half a dozen trains were diverted on Friday night after the Mysuru-Darbhanga Express collided with a stationary goods train at Kavaraippettai Railway Station near Tamil Nadu's Chennai, leaving 19 passengers injured.
The incident occurred around 8:30 pm on the Chennai-Gudur section between Ponneri and Kavaraippettai railway stations under Chennai division of South Western railway, leading to derailment of 12 coaches of the passenger train.
A passenger train from Mysore to Darbhanga via Perambur collided with a goods train standing at Kavarappettai railway station near Thiruvallur on Friday, the police said.
Amid the increasing number of train accidents across the country, Indian Railways has established a 'Rail Rakshak Dal' in the North Western Railway (NWR) zone for the first time as part of a pilot project, which was launched on Tuesday.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday inspected the Kavach 4.0 in Rajasthan and said that Kavach 4.0 has started for the first time in India from Sawai Madhopur, adding that in the coming years, 10 thousand locomotives will be covered by Kavach.
Islampur-bound Magadh Express from New Delhi (train number 20802) split into two after the coupling affixed between coaches 13 and 14 of the train came apart on Sunday morning.
A prompt response by Territorial Army battalion averted a major train accident in Noney district of Manipur, said an official statement from PRO, Ministry of Defence, Manipur and Nagaland on Tuesday.
Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday spoke on the train accident in Jharkhand and emphasized that regardless of which government is in power, passenger safety must always be the top priority.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi criticised the Centre for not taking steps to prevent frequent train derailments and said such incidents are causing loss of lives and railway property. He also said that the landslide in Kerala's Wayanad was a natural calamity.
Banna Gupta, Jharkhand's Minister of Health, Medical Education, and Family Welfare, extended his condolences to the families affected by the train derailment and said that Chief Minister Hemant Soren has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for each bereaved family.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday condoled the loss of lives in the Howrah-Mumbai train accident near Jharkhand's Chakradharpur and wished a speedy recovery for those who sustained injuries in the mishap.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday questioned the BJP-led central government over the Howrah-Mumbai Mail train accident that took two lives and called the accident "disastrous."