Sunday, 5 July 2015

Trains stopped at Uthukkuli Station due to signal failure and delayed

Today (05.07.2015) morning at about 7.30 hrs. at Uthukuli Station, due to technical snag, signals have failed and the tracks had to be clamped manually to align the train movements therein.  However, when the pointsman Shri Dilipkumar set the clamping of the tracks, he has done it wrongly on the reverse direction, due to which Train No. 12680-Coimbatore Chennai Intercity express leaving Uthukuli and Train No. 17230 Hyderabad-Trivandrum Sabari Express towards Uthukuli  arrived in the same track. However, realising the problem, the Loco pilots of both the trains stopped their respective trains well in safe distance, thus averting a possible head on collision.  Because of this, Train Nos. 22638-Mangalore Chennai West Coast Express, 12084-Coimbatore Mayiladuthurai Jan Shatabdi Express, Train No. 22852 Mangalore Santragachi Vivek Express, Train No. 17230-Hyderabad Trivandrum Sabari Express, Train No. 66601 Erode Coimbatore (MEMU) Passenger Train, have been delayed from 75 minutes to 90 minutes. Now, the signal has been set right and the trains are running normally. For the incident, Shri Mukesh Kumar, Station Master, Uthukuli and Shri Dilip Kumar, Pointsman, have been placed under suspension and departmental enquiry has been initiated on the incident.. 

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