Averts Accident

The Ayodhya-Delhi Vande Bharat Express collided with a bull on the way today and while it narrowly managed to avert a major accident, developed engine trouble. The train was stationed in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, where the engine was repaired.

The driver of the Naini Jan Shatabdi Express averted a possible accident when he slammed the emergency brakes on finding an iron pole across the tracks in near Uttarakhand's Rudrapur, officials said on Thursday, alleging that it could be sabotage.

Unidentified miscreants attempted to derail a goods train in Rajasthan's Ajmer district by putting cement blocks on tracks, railway officials said on Tuesday.

A rail mishap was averted on Monday in Madhya Pradesh after a tractor stalled on the tracks and a train driver stopped in time by applying brakes, a police official said.

A potential disaster was averted as a conspiracy to derail the Prayagraj-Bhiwani Kalindi Express in Uttar Pradesh was uncovered on Monday, police said.

In a remarkable display of alertness and bravery, trackman Mahadeva averted a major train accident on the Konkan Railway line between Kumta and Honnavar.

An alert from an automated track device averted a train accident in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur as it warned officials of a hot wheel axle in a Seemanchal Express coach when it crossed over the heat detection equipment.

A major accident was averted after a goods train ran on the tracks driverless for about 70 kilometres in Punjab today, triggering a scare.

A major accident was averted on Tuesday in Bangladesh when a train carrying 300 passengers was stopped by the driver just 200 yards ahead of a bridge where the hooks that bind railway tracks with sleepers were removed by suspected saboteurs.

An allegedly inebriated truck driver left his vehicle onto a railway track here, minutes before a train was to cross the stretch, officials said.

Had gateman Yashpal Singh, a retired army officer posted at one of the railway level crossings near Bhandai station, not acted in nick of time and alerted his higher-ups, the fire in Patalkot Express coaches would have turned into a major tragedy.

Had the accident happened, the departure of the luxury ship would have been delayed and it may not have hit the iceberg, averting the sinking.

A major train accident was averted at Jharkhand's Bokaro after a tractor crashed the railway gate near the Santhaldih railway crossing when the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express (train no. 22812) was passing from there on Tuesday.

The faulty coach was detached from the train and a replacement coach added after which it left the station an hour later, at 4.40pm.

Terming the horrific train accident in Odisha the 'biggest of the century', West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that the crash could have been averted if trains were equipped with the anti-collision system.

The Ayodhya-Delhi Vande Bharat Express collided with a bull on the way today and while it narrowly managed to avert a major accident, developed engine trouble. The train was stationed in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, where the engine was repaired.

The driver of the Naini Jan Shatabdi Express averted a possible accident when he slammed the emergency brakes on finding an iron pole across the tracks in near Uttarakhand's Rudrapur, officials said on Thursday, alleging that it could be sabotage.

Unidentified miscreants attempted to derail a goods train in Rajasthan's Ajmer district by putting cement blocks on tracks, railway officials said on Tuesday.

A rail mishap was averted on Monday in Madhya Pradesh after a tractor stalled on the tracks and a train driver stopped in time by applying brakes, a police official said.

A potential disaster was averted as a conspiracy to derail the Prayagraj-Bhiwani Kalindi Express in Uttar Pradesh was uncovered on Monday, police said.

In a remarkable display of alertness and bravery, trackman Mahadeva averted a major train accident on the Konkan Railway line between Kumta and Honnavar.

An alert from an automated track device averted a train accident in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur as it warned officials of a hot wheel axle in a Seemanchal Express coach when it crossed over the heat detection equipment.

A major accident was averted after a goods train ran on the tracks driverless for about 70 kilometres in Punjab today, triggering a scare.

A major accident was averted on Tuesday in Bangladesh when a train carrying 300 passengers was stopped by the driver just 200 yards ahead of a bridge where the hooks that bind railway tracks with sleepers were removed by suspected saboteurs.

An allegedly inebriated truck driver left his vehicle onto a railway track here, minutes before a train was to cross the stretch, officials said.

Had gateman Yashpal Singh, a retired army officer posted at one of the railway level crossings near Bhandai station, not acted in nick of time and alerted his higher-ups, the fire in Patalkot Express coaches would have turned into a major tragedy.

Had the accident happened, the departure of the luxury ship would have been delayed and it may not have hit the iceberg, averting the sinking.

A major train accident was averted at Jharkhand's Bokaro after a tractor crashed the railway gate near the Santhaldih railway crossing when the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express (train no. 22812) was passing from there on Tuesday.

The faulty coach was detached from the train and a replacement coach added after which it left the station an hour later, at 4.40pm.

Terming the horrific train accident in Odisha the 'biggest of the century', West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that the crash could have been averted if trains were equipped with the anti-collision system.