Train accident averted on Kharagpur-Tatanagar section of SER

A goods train overshot a signal near Sardiha station in the Kharagpur-Tatanagar section today when the 18029 Lokmanya Tilak-Shalimar Express was about to pass through an adjacent line which lead to a meeting point of tracks at a short distance, but both the trains stopped just in time to avert an accident.

The goods train was on the main line and had stopped after it overshot a signal, a South Eastern Railway spokesman Sanjay Ghosh said.

The LTT (Kurla)-Shalimar Express was coming on the adjacent loop line in the same direction almost at the same time at 9.52 AM and was to pass the goods train at Sardiha, but stopped as the track signal turned red.

The track circuit point of the goods train subsequently 'burst' turning all the signals red, Ghosh explained.

Loop lines are there at places near stations so as to let one train to pass another. The loop lines again meet the main line after a short distance.

The express train left for its destination after a short while.

An enquiry has been started to find out the reason for the goods train's overshooting the signal, Ghosh said.

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