Why were the trains late yesterday?

Last evening (Friday, 9th April 2010), the Harbour line trains were running late by over 40 minutes. And the reason for the delay seems pretty unbelievable.

The trains were late because a Andheri to Panvel train reversed at Wadala to head towards Andheri instead of Panvel!

In what is termed as a sequencing error, the motorman reversed the train after getting a signal from the cabin. It was only at King's Circle that the mistake was realised and then the train was cancelled at Mahim. On a funny note, whoever purchased a return ticket must have been surprised that his return journey would be really fast ;) Anyways, the consequence was obvious.

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Accident on NCR railway tracks

12 people, including a 2-year old child, lost their lives on NCR railway tracks in NCR on Tuesday, 3rd November 2009. Six people died while crossing the tracks while 6 gangmen were run over by a goods train barely 12 hours after the first incident. Read the Times of India report here.

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3 Train-related accidents in India in one day, what’s with number 12 today?

Few minutes ago, I wrote about the Gandhidham Bangalore Express derailment at Mumbai’s Dombivli. As many as 12 coaches of the train had derailed. And as I searched the internet for updates on the same, I came across this Times of India report of 12 people losing their lives on railway tracks in NCR in two incidents separated by 12 hours.

Of course, in the second case the people who were crossing the tracks did the wrong thing, but still the locals then beat up railway staffers (as if crossing tracks is allowed). True that I am not from that area so I don’t know if people have some other option to reach on the other side of the tracks. Am sure if the motormen could have stopped the train running at that speed, they would have done so.

I urge again – Please do not cross railway tracks.

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Gandhidham Bangalore Express accident helpline numbers

The Gandhidham Bangalore Express derailed at Dombivli in Mumbai today. The railways have provided helpline numbers in case you need to know any information about your friends / relatives traveling by the Gandhidham Bangalore Express. The helpline numbers available on NDTV website are listed below:

Ahmedabad - 079 22161313
Gandhidham - 02836 228049
Surat 0261 2418132
Vadodara: 0265 2225735
Vasai - 022 67638006

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Gandhidham Bangalore Express derails at Mumbai’s Dombivli

Gandhidham Bangalore Express from Ahmedabad to Bangalore derailed at Mumbai’s Dombivli. As per early reports 12 coaches were derailed. Around 12 passengers are injured as per the current news ad no casualties are reported. The passengers have been shifted to another train while the rescue operations are in process.

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