Quick fix for green signal to Coromandel likely cause of Odisha train accident

 train runs past derailed coaches in Balasore. (Express photo by Partha Paul)

AS THE Railway Board recommended handing over the probe into the Odisha train accident to the CBI, at least six officers The Indian Express spoke with said the Coromandel Express took the loop line instead of the main line and collided with a goods train most likely because of “tampering of the location box” near the Bahanaga Bazar railway station.

The sequence of events leading to the crash and derailment of the train, officers said, was probably triggered by a malfunctioning level-crossing gate — its boom barrier was not working — before the station. In one version, the barrier remained raised, and in another, it did lower but the signal continued to be red. In both cases, it was a problem, they said.

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw overseeing the restoration work at the accident spot in Odisha’s Balasore. (Express photo by Partha Paul)

For the officials manning the Bahanaga Bazar station, Friday was just another day at work. Their job was to just let the Coromandel Express “through”, which takes a few seconds. So, to get around the problem of the boom barrier, some Railway officials or the signalling technician on the ground “looped” the ‘location box’.

© The Indian Express (P) Ltd

First published on: 06-06-2023 at 04:00 IST

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CBI team visits Odisha train accident site at Bahanaga Bazar railway station

 

A six-member Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team Tuesday visited the Odisha train accident site at the Bahanaga Bazar railway station, accompanied by the railway police, near Balasore to conduct an inspection.

On Sunday, the Railway Board had recommended a CBI probe into the accident in which the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express, SMVT Bengaluru-Howrah Express, and a goods train collided near the Bahanaga Bazar station last Friday. A statutory inquiry by the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) has also been ordered.

At the Bahanaga Bazar railway station, the CBI officials first checked the panel room that displays the signalling system. The Indian Railways had expressed suspicion that its signalling apparatus may have run into some error, causing the accident.

The CBI officials talked to station officials in the record room and also inspected the Bahanaga Bazar railway station. Since morning, all railway station officials, including those in the signalling department, were present.

According to sources, CBI officials asked for documents, statements, and logs — digital and otherwise — before and after one of the worst railway accidents in the country, in which more than 270 people were killed and over 1,000 injured.

Meanwhile, another CBI team went to the Balasore railway station to collect documents and record statements of railway officials present there.

After announcing the CBI probe, the Railways called for a week-long countrywide safety drive on signalling systems with special emphasis on the existing “double locking” arrangement of its signalling apparatus at stations.

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