Vande Bharat loco driver averts major accident; hits emergency brakes after spotting stones, rods on tracks
1 year, 2 months ago

Vande Bharat loco driver averts major accident; hits emergency brakes after spotting stones, rods on tracks

Hindustan Times  

A loco pilot in Chittorgarh helped averting a major accident involving a possible derailment of the Udaipur-Jaipur Vande Bharat Express on Monday. Screengrab from video showing railway officials removing stones, rods from tracks Video clips of railways staff removing stones from the the tracks went viral online. The loco pilot stopped the train using emergency brakes after he spotted the debris around 10 am. He also informed the control room after which teams of Railway Protection Force and Government Railway Police were sent to the spot," north-west railway's chief PRO Shashi Kiran quotes as saying by PTI.

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Stones thrown at Vande Bharat trains in Bihar's Gaya, two men arrested
1 month ago

Stones thrown at Vande Bharat trains in Bihar's Gaya, two men arrested

India Today  

The Railway Protection Force has arrested two people for allegedly throwing stones at Vande Bharat Express trains in Manpur railway division area in Bihar's Gaya, officials said. As per the information, someone posted a complaint on X that train number 20894 and train number 22304 were stoned by unknown persons near Manpur railway section after the train left Gaya station. …

Close Call for Vande Bharat Express in Odisha’s Nuapada
1 month, 1 week ago

Close Call for Vande Bharat Express in Odisha’s Nuapada

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: A potential disaster was narrowly avoided when a Vande Bharat Express train encountered a large rock placed on the tracks near the Nuapada Road railway station late Sunday night. Sources report that the Express train, en route from Visakhapatnam to Durg, was passing through Nuapada around 10 pm when the loco pilot noticed a sizable rock obstructing the left …

Loco pilot of goods train injured in stone pelting
1 year, 2 months ago

Loco pilot of goods train injured in stone pelting

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A loco pilot of a goods train was injured after an unidentified miscreant allegedly pelted stones on the train between Vaitarna and Virar stations on Sunday. The loco pilot of the train, Supriya Arvind Paroha, and assistant loco pilot, Shimbhu Dayal Meena, were on board the train when the incident occurred. The train had crossed Vaitarna station at 7.55pm …

Tragedy averted after Railways train guard spots rocks on tracks in Maharashtra
1 year, 2 months ago

Tragedy averted after Railways train guard spots rocks on tracks in Maharashtra

Op India  

On Friday, 6th October, vigilant railway employees in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, spotted multiple large rocks that had been placed on the tracks on purpose and narrowly averted a potential tragedy. Further probe… pic.twitter.com/i5JZIpYxZR — Press Trust of India October 7, 2023 The boulders were noticed by a watchful guard named Sandeep Bhalerao aboard a suburban train headed for Pune that was …

Major accident averted on Udaipur-Jaipur Vande Bharat Express after driver spots stones and rods on the tracks
1 year, 2 months ago

Major accident averted on Udaipur-Jaipur Vande Bharat Express after driver spots stones and rods on the tracks

Op India  

On Monday, the driver of the Udaipur-Jaipur bound Vande Bharat Express averted a major mishap by applying the emergency brake to foil a potential derailing attempt. When hate towards a particular political party changes into hate towards nation this is the result, God bless people with such mentality#VandeBharatExpress pic.twitter.com/NzkOCtJNNu — Saurabh • A Railfan 🇮🇳 October 2, 2023 #WATCH | …

Vande Bharat train driver spots stones on track, hits emergency brakes to avert major accident
1 year, 2 months ago

Vande Bharat train driver spots stones on track, hits emergency brakes to avert major accident

India TV News  

A major tragedy was averted to the Udaipur-Jaipur Vande Bharat Express due to the presence of mind of the loco pilot. However, the driver used his mind and stopped the train using emergency brakes before it could crash into the stones and other objects kept on the track. A video has also gone viral on social media showing stones and …

Stones thrown at Vande Bharat train in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki
1 year, 4 months ago

Stones thrown at Vande Bharat train in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki

India Today  

Stones were thrown at a Vande Bharat train on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki, shattering a coach's window. The incident occurred near Safedabad Railway Station in Barabanki. The incident happened when a virtual programme for the beautification of the railway stations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ongoing. Last month, stones were thrown at a Vande Bharat train in Ayodhya.

'Stones pelted when Owaisi was travelling via Vande Bharat', says party leader
2 years, 1 month ago

'Stones pelted when Owaisi was travelling via Vande Bharat', says party leader

Hindustan Times  

Stones were pelted when Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi was traveling in a Vande Bharat train on Monday evening, his party colleague has said. "This evening when we along with @asadowaisi sir, SabirKabliwala sahab and @aimim_national team were traveling in 'Vande Bharat Express' train from Ahmedabad to Surat, some unidentified people broke the glass by pelting stones on the train!," tweeted …

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