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“Principal Chief Safety Officer (PCSO) placed the seven staff under suspension for dereliction of duty after the CBI probe team arrested three of them, so far,” South Eastern Railway (SER) General Manager Anil Kumar Mishra said today. So, only seven "staffs" were suspended. No officer or babu...

Had a discussion with a family acquaintance who's in IR (and met with Vaishnaw just a few days ago). Since, all the points, switches and tracks have been destroyed during the accident, there's little evidence to be found. So far, they haven't found anything conclusive. I think they'll fire the...

Railway coaches have been monocoque since ICF coaches. Infact, Integral Coach means monocoque shell.

There are two main differences: Bogie design: Modern bogies like Siemens SF100 have far superior secondary suspension and better anti-roll bars. Which means that the trains are more stable at 160 km/hr. Apart from this, they also have HSR bogies which are even more advanced. Japanese Shinkansen...

https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/india/modi-governments-special-fund-for-railway-safety-spent-on-foot-massagers-crockery-winter-jackets-cag-report/cid/1943871 Sorry if it has been posted earlier.

There are two types of dabbas: ICF dabbas: Highly unsafe, 1940s design. Nothing more needs to be said. LHB dabbas: Again highly obsolete, 1980s design, but much more safer than ICF dabbas. Has anti-climbing safety feature which kept the death cap at 275 instead of 500+. Vande Bharat is...

This accident was not due to any sabotage, but only due to the pure incompetence of IR. https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/electronic-interlocking-behind-balasore-train-accident-railway-minister20230604115317/...

Kavach can warn drivers and automatically apply brakes if a train enters an occupied block. So it can prevent head on and collisions from behind.

Exactly! In both situations, the signal should have been red as the point was not correctly set. But I don't think there's such system here. There's no feedback system between signalling and point, it seems.

Kavach wouldn't have prevented this accident. This is either a human error (i.e. the controller didn't bother to change the point) or a mechanical failure (i.e. point was changed by the controller but the system failed). If it's mechanical failure, why didn't the signal turn red when the point...

Saw this in TV last night. Many guys were stealing luggage from the crashed rakes.

Vaishnaw shouldn't resign. Instead fire and jail the rail babus, section controllers and maintenance guys responsible for this. This is the correct analysis of the root cause of the accident.

I travelled through this same section last week (HWH-Puri SF) and returned this Monday on the newly inaugurated VB. Hwh-Puri SF had that infamous CBC draft gear issue and the coach kept violently jerking anytime the brake was applied. Everyone complained to the TTE but of course nothing was...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/live-coromandel-express-collides-with-goods-train-in-odisha-casualties-feared-101685716633917-amp.html 60 IQ railway pajeets are incapable of operating a safe network. Forget VBs, installation of TCAS and modern signalling system should be the biggest...