Rail Accident Averted

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.

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.

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

A 30-year-old shepherd averted an accident in Dahod district of Gujarat located on the Delhi-Mumbai route as he ran for about a kilometre before flagging down a train after he spotted a railway track broken at a place, officials said on Wednesday.

Timely action by the police and a local helped avert a major rail mishap in the national capital on Saturday.

A rail accident was averted near the Ambala Cantt railway station today as the loco pilot of a Amritsar - Guwahati parcel train applied emergency brakes after noticing repair works on the tracks, officials said.

A railway accident was averted in Bhairavapatnam village of Andhra Pradesh owing to the alertness of a keyman on duty on Friday.

A possible rail accident was averted after the driver of a goods train alerted railway officials about concrete blocks being placed on the tracks near Kandari village in the district, police said today.

Timely detection of a 'rail cut' near Cantonment Railway Station in Bengaluru averted a possible train accident, South Western Railways said on Wednesday.

In the wake of a series of recent train accidents in the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today suggested out-of-turn promotions for those staff who take timely action to avert mishaps.

A train accident was averted today as a fracture in the track was detected between Farrukhabad and Fatehgarh, minutes before the Kalindi Express was scheduled to pass, officials said.

Yet another act of suspected sabotage has thrown the Central Railway officials into a tizzy. A six-foot-long discarded, overhead equipment was found lying on the rail tracks between Jasai and Dapoli stations near Uran in the wee hours of Wednesday. This is the third such incident in a month after a major accident was averted at Diva station near Th...

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.

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.

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

A 30-year-old shepherd averted an accident in Dahod district of Gujarat located on the Delhi-Mumbai route as he ran for about a kilometre before flagging down a train after he spotted a railway track broken at a place, officials said on Wednesday.

Timely action by the police and a local helped avert a major rail mishap in the national capital on Saturday.

A rail accident was averted near the Ambala Cantt railway station today as the loco pilot of a Amritsar - Guwahati parcel train applied emergency brakes after noticing repair works on the tracks, officials said.

A railway accident was averted in Bhairavapatnam village of Andhra Pradesh owing to the alertness of a keyman on duty on Friday.

A possible rail accident was averted after the driver of a goods train alerted railway officials about concrete blocks being placed on the tracks near Kandari village in the district, police said today.

Timely detection of a 'rail cut' near Cantonment Railway Station in Bengaluru averted a possible train accident, South Western Railways said on Wednesday.

In the wake of a series of recent train accidents in the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today suggested out-of-turn promotions for those staff who take timely action to avert mishaps.

A train accident was averted today as a fracture in the track was detected between Farrukhabad and Fatehgarh, minutes before the Kalindi Express was scheduled to pass, officials said.

Yet another act of suspected sabotage has thrown the Central Railway officials into a tizzy. A six-foot-long discarded, overhead equipment was found lying on the rail tracks between Jasai and Dapoli stations near Uran in the wee hours of Wednesday. This is the third such incident in a month after a major accident was averted at Diva station near Th...