The train traffic on the route was affected with two Pune-bound trains-- 22159 Chennai Express and 20495 Jodhpur-Hadapsar Express halted, an official said
The brake van of the goods train derailed near Monkey Hill, a halt station in the mountainous Bhor Ghat stretch. Representational Pic/File
A goods train derailed at Monkey Hill in Bhor Ghat on the Mumbai-Pune route in Maharashtra on Friday afternoon, a Central Railway spokesperson said, reported the PTI.
The official said that no injuries have been reported in the incident.
The train traffic on the route was affected with two Pune-bound trains-- 22159 Chennai Express and 20495 Jodhpur-Hadapsar Express halted, he said.
According to the PTI, the brake van of the goods train derailed near Monkey Hill, a halt station in the mountainous Bhor Ghat stretch, at around 2 pm, said Central Railway's chief public relations officer Swapnil Nila.
"There are no reports of anyone getting injured," he said.
Further details are awaited.
Delayed braking, stop board shifting led Charminar Express to derail at station in 2024: CRS probe
The Commissioner of Railway Safety, in its report on last year's Charminar Express derailment, held delayed braking, non-application of the emergency brake and the shifting of the stop board to the platform dead end, leaving no margin of error, as the causes of the accident, according to the PTI.
The train derailed on January 10, 2024, after it hit the dead end at Hyderabad station's terminal platform number five, injuring six passengers.
In its probe report, the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), South Central Circle, said the loco pilot applied the automatic brake late, and the assistant loco pilot failed to apply the emergency brake in violation of safety instructions, as per the PTI.
What acted as a trigger to the accident, according to the report, was the station administration shifting the stop board to the dead end, leaving very little or no margin of error for the train crew.
The CRS recommended that both loco pilots and assistant loco pilots should be sensitised to follow safety measures as prescribed under the railway norms.
Following this, the Railway Ministry issued a letter to all zonal railways for the counselling of the running staff.
"The zonal railways have been asked to counsel the running staff to regulate the speed of the train while entering the platform so that they can stop the train before the dead end, reported the PTI.
"Besides reminding them to keep the train's speed at 10 kmph when approaching the dead end, they have been advised not to engage in discussion or packing of their belongings at this time," a railway official said, the news agency reported.
The CRS also recommended that the stop board at terminal stations be set at an appropriate distance from the dead-end buffer to leave a margin of safety, the PTI reported.
(with PTI inputs)
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