Kanchanjungha Express Accident: At least 15 passengers were dead and 60 others were injured after a goods train hit Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express from the rear. The automatic signalling system between Ranipatra Railway Station and Chattar Hat Junction was defective since 5.50 am.
Updated: June 17, 2024 3:29 PM IST By Edited by The death toll of passengers in the tragic collision between a goods train and the Kanchanjungha Express has raised to 15 and leaves 60 others injured. The collision took place when three rear coaches of the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed after a goods train hit them from behind in Darjeeling district on Monday morning. Now, how did that dreadful accident happen and whose fault is it? The automatic signalling system between Ranipatra Railway Station and Chattar Hat Junction was defective since 5.
50 in the morning, PTI reported citing railway source. “Train No 13174 (Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express) departed Rangapani station at 8:27 am and stopped between Ranipatra railway station and Chattar Hat due to automatic signalling failure from 5:50 am,” the source told PTI. According to another railway official, when the automatic signalling system fails, the station master issues a written authority called TA 912, which authorises the driver to cross all red signals in the section because of the defect.
“The station master of Ranipatra had issued TA 912 to Train No 1374 (Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express),” the source said. He added, “Ar.
