Serious [ Straits Times News ] Think SMRT is Bad ? Indian Train Without Engine Run In Reverse For 13 Km

[grandtour]

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/so...an-workers-suspended-after-13km-downhill-ride

Runaway train: Seven Indian workers suspended after 13km downhill ride

The train rolled downhill for about 45 minutes before gradually slowing to a halt. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM YOUTUBE

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BHUBANESWAR, India (REUTERS) - India's state-run railway has suspended seven workers after brakes failed on a 22-coach train carrying hundreds of passengers, letting it run freely in reverse for about 13km, officials said on Monday (April 9).

The train, en route from Ahmedabad in the western Indian state of Gujarat to Puri in Odisha state in the east, rolled downhill for about 45 minutes on Saturday before gradually slowing to a halt, the latest in a series of accidents involving the world's fourth-largest rail network.

It was not immediately clear what speed the runaway train reached but no casualties or injuries were reported.

Iron tools used to stop trains were not properly put in place, according to a senior railways official.

"By the time the train had rolled down to the nearest station, it had slowed down drastically and it was brought to a halt with the help of wooden wedges," the official said, adding that passengers also helped stop the train.

 

[chonburifc]

Lispex, lispex!
Abnn da best. Train run without engine for 45 min leh. Cina babis can do this? Very advance indeed leh. Hope Cina babis and amdk learn this technology from abnn.

 

[JohnTan]

How come the kelings don't have bullet trains like chinkland? India is a nuclear country. Surely by now they would have had some bullet trains given how popular trains are in their country.

 

[Cottonmouth]

This is shitskin technology!!!
Lanjiao Loong should sack that useless Desmond, Penang Cow and replace him with some shitskin motherfuckers.

 

[grandtour]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43695813

India engineless train rolls back for miles

• 9 April 2018

Seven employees have been suspended after 22 carriages carrying 1,000 passengers detached from a train and sped backwards for 11km (seven miles) in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.

The runaway carriages were halted by railway staff after they placed rocks on the tracks.

None of the people on the train were injured in the incident, which occurred on Saturday night, officials said.

More than 22 million Indians commute daily on about 9,000 trains.

A video of the incident, caught on a mobile phone camera, showed onlookers screaming as the carriages rolled backwards and past a railway platform.

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The suspended employees allegedly did not follow protocol and an investigation has been launched, JP Mishra, a spokesman for the railway ministry, told AFP news agency.

Officials believe that the brakes that are normally applied when a carriage is detached were incorrectly used or overlooked.

"Something ghastly could have happened and it was averted by alert staff," Mr Mishra said.

Such incidents are not uncommon in India. Across the country, trains carry more than 22 million passengers every day but much of the equipment is out of date.

Last November, a group of Indian farmers woke up to find that the train they were travelling on had sped 160km (99 miles) in the "wrong direction". In August 2017, at least 23 people were killed when a train derailed in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

 

[sethdemitri]

is the Indian train driver related to Desmond quack?