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On Friday, June 2, 2023, Coromandel Express met with an accident in Balasore district, Odisha. It is said that the Coromandel Express train accident was one of the worst train tragedies of the past thirty years. So far, 275 people have been confirmed dead. Meanwhile, many questions have been raised about safety measures and whether locomotive pilots followed them properly. Amid the debate over the safety measures followed by train officials, one question that is making headlines is the Coromandel Express Speed Limit. What is the speed limit of the Coromandel Express? Recently, the Railways issued a statement to address some of the most talked about questions on the issue. Let’s find out the details shared by officials about the speed limit of the trains involved in the fatal accident in Odisha’s Balasore. Scroll down the page and read more details.
Coromandel Express speed limit 130 km/h
Coromandel Express was plying towards Chennai when it was affected on Friday. On Sunday, Railways confirmed that the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express met with an accident in Balasore district. It added that a freight train hit another passenger train and collided. Jaya Varma Sinha, member of the Railway Board’s Executive and Business Development Committee, cited after a preliminary inquiry that the board had ruled out speeding charges. Continue reading this article. Scroll down.
Jaya Varma Sinha went on to say that some interference in the signaling system could have led to the accident that has killed 275 people so far. The number of casualties is making this accident India’s worst train tragedy in the past three decades. Sinha added: “Only one train met with an accident, the Coromandel Express. The Coromandel Express crashed into a freight train and its carriages jumped on top of the freight train. It was an iron ore train, a heavy train… so the entire impact of the collision was on the train.” Scroll down the screen.
Talking about the speed limit of trains, the Ministry of Railways said that no train was running above the speed limit, both running within the limit of 130 km/h in the area. The council added that “some interference with the system” could lead to accidents. Both Coromandel Express and Yesvantpur Express ran at speeds of 128 km/h and 126 km/h respectively. The preliminary investigation concluded that some interference with the interlock system led to the accident. Stay tuned to this website for more details and updates.
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