Rail disaster involving more than 700 passengers averted on Madgaon-Dadar Jan Shatabdi

It was a narrow escape for more than 700 passengers on the Madgaon-Dadar Jan Shatabdi Express when the train halted just 30 metres short of a heavy obstacle placed on the railway track. It was a 380-Kg piece of rail and it was over seven metres long. It had been kept on the train's path near Diva station.
The train was moving at 15-Kmph but if it had hit the rail, it might have derailed. It the train had been at speed., the result would have been a major disaster.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 26 January 2017.

It had the appearance of a meticulously planned and executed job and it is believed that some people had placed the heavy rail within 17 minutes of two trains passing through the spot. Normally, when a piece of metal touches both rails of a track, a circuit gets activated and the signal turns red. In order to prevent this, a lot of soil had been applied on the rail which would indicate some knowledgeable persons.
GRP suspects that at least four men were involved in the incident otherwise it would have been difficult to lift a 380kg object. The railway police are probing the terror angle as a couple of recent derailments in north India pointed to the role of terrorists.


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