Believe it or not, adhering to the rules can sometimes invite disciplinary action. The Preliminary Report of the CRS/SC Circle, which was submitted in November 2023, a little over two weeks after the accident, had concluded that the accident was caused by “errors in train working” — essentially meaning that the station staff and the crew of the train in …
The preliminary investigation into a rail incident reported on Sunday, where a freight train travelled over 70 kilometres without its drivers, has unveiled a series of protocol lapses, with critical safety measures overlooked. The diesel locomotive-hauled goods train travelled over 70 kilometres from Kathua station in Jammu and Kashmir to a village in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district without its drivers and …
Did the repair of a boom barrier at a level crossing near the Bahanaga Bazar railway station at Balasore in Odisha lead to the horrific crash of the superfast Coromandel Express, bound for Chennai from Howrah, after colliding with a stationary goods train on the loop line? Senior Railway officials, wishing to remain anonymous, disclosed that the repair of the …
The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, has said that a candidate, who possesses the requisite qualifications for holding the post of Assistant Loco Pilot, cannot be denied empanelment merely for the reason that the degree possessed by him is not from an institute approved by the All India Council for Technical Education.The division bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and …
