KANPUR: Railway technical personnel and staff repaired and restored the broken Up line at 5.34am on Sunday morning after working laborious for 29 lengthy hours on the coincidence website between Kanpur Central and Rooma railway stations in Maharajpur house of Kanpur. 12 coaches of Howrah-Delhi bound-12303 Poorva express derailed on 12:54am on Saturday leaving 6 passengers significantly injured.
The derailment had broken greater than 500 metres of Up traces and uprooted just about half-a-dozen OHE (over head electric) poles, besides additionally in part affected Dn line.
"However, with the restoration of Up line some trains cancelled, many others diverted at alternative routes on both sides of the accident site resumed their journey. The first train to pass the accident site with a caution was a goods train. Later Prayagraj express and Brahmaputra mail also passed through the section and reached Kanpur Central railway station and later headed for onward journey," mentioned PRO, NCR (north central railway), Sunil Gupta.
Due to the mishap, initially both the Up and the Dn traces have been affected and after 7 hours, the Dn course was once restored and the first passenger train to pass through was once the Vikramshila express. Also a goods train was once passed through ahead of this passenger train to give an ok sign for the train motion. Various heavy machines have been pressed into provider to complement efforts through the employees and engineers.
It could also be mentioned that a number of trains needed to be halted at Kanpur Central, Allahabad besides a number of other stations across the segment because of the coincidence affecting a number of 1000's of passengers. Railways had taken a number of steps to ensure that the inconvenience caused to the passengers is mitigated.
Repeated bulletins have been made at all stations providing passengers knowledge on train probable actions and rescheduling and cancellation of trains.
Special teams have been deputed at all stations to ensure that the passengers face minimal discomfort.
Curious onlookers in the meantime had accrued on the coincidence website, as linesmen and other staff shovelled away stones as new concrete sleepers have been laid to give a boost to the tracks.
"We have placed new concrete sleepers in a stretch of nearly 500 mtrs on Up line for laying down the new railway track, besides erected half-a-dozen OHE poles since the mishap occurred on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. Right now we are resting after working for 29 long hours," a linesman mentioned.
The derailment had broken greater than 500 metres of Up traces and uprooted just about half-a-dozen OHE (over head electric) poles, besides additionally in part affected Dn line.
"However, with the restoration of Up line some trains cancelled, many others diverted at alternative routes on both sides of the accident site resumed their journey. The first train to pass the accident site with a caution was a goods train. Later Prayagraj express and Brahmaputra mail also passed through the section and reached Kanpur Central railway station and later headed for onward journey," mentioned PRO, NCR (north central railway), Sunil Gupta.
Due to the mishap, initially both the Up and the Dn traces have been affected and after 7 hours, the Dn course was once restored and the first passenger train to pass through was once the Vikramshila express. Also a goods train was once passed through ahead of this passenger train to give an ok sign for the train motion. Various heavy machines have been pressed into provider to complement efforts through the employees and engineers.
It could also be mentioned that a number of trains needed to be halted at Kanpur Central, Allahabad besides a number of other stations across the segment because of the coincidence affecting a number of 1000's of passengers. Railways had taken a number of steps to ensure that the inconvenience caused to the passengers is mitigated.
Repeated bulletins have been made at all stations providing passengers knowledge on train probable actions and rescheduling and cancellation of trains.
Special teams have been deputed at all stations to ensure that the passengers face minimal discomfort.
Curious onlookers in the meantime had accrued on the coincidence website, as linesmen and other staff shovelled away stones as new concrete sleepers have been laid to give a boost to the tracks.
"We have placed new concrete sleepers in a stretch of nearly 500 mtrs on Up line for laying down the new railway track, besides erected half-a-dozen OHE poles since the mishap occurred on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. Right now we are resting after working for 29 long hours," a linesman mentioned.
Poorva express accident: Route restored after 29 hours
![Poorva express accident: Route restored after 29 hours]()
Reviewed by Kailash
on
April 22, 2019
Rating:
