Bangalore: Rajdhani Express coach derails, barges into compound

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Bangalore, Nov 24 (DHNS): The rear of the Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bangalore City Rajdhani Express derailed and rammed into the compound of the Railway quarters while the loco pilot was reversing the train at the City Railway Station yard around 3 pm on Sunday. However, no one was injured.

The Rajdhani Express had arrived at the station on Sunday morning. An official of the Bangalore division of the South Western Railway said, “The Rajdhani Express was set to depart for Delhi at 7:20 pm on Sunday.”

“After the bogies were attached to the engine, the train was being moved backwards and one of the rear bogies hit the compound wall of the Railway quarters, which resulted in a couple of bogies falling off the track,” he added.

The official further said: “The engine was being brought on the fifth rail track of platform 10. The train had 18 bogies and two more were attached to it. After this, the train was taken on the reverse as they wanted to get the train to the departure platform. Fortunately, there was no harm caused to anyone as there were no passengers in the train at the time of the incident.”

The residents staying in the railway quarters were in for a shock after the train broke through the compound wall of the Railway quarters. Shashikala, a resident of the quarters, said, “Had the train moved a little faster, things would have been much different and many people would have died.”

Anil K Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager, who went to the accident spot, said: “I inspected the spot and there was no fault with the tracks. Saturday night’s rain has no role in the incident. The residents have asked me to make sure that incidents like these do not recur and to build a proper protection wall.”

Railway officials, however, refused to confirm this and said they were still investigating the reason for the train going off track.