Indian Railways News => Topic started by nikhilndls on Jul 25, 2012 - 09:20:12 AM


Title - Central Railway motorman suspended as train overshoots Parel platform
Posted by : nikhilndls on Jul 25, 2012 - 09:20:12 AM

MUMBAI: Central Railway has suspended motorman A S Maleth of the CST-Thane local, which overshot the platform at Parel on Monday. The motorman was supposed to halt the train before the home signal at Parel. on the Dadar-bound slow line.

The train overshot the platform by three compartments at 10.50pm.

Sources said, "The train came to a halt after overshooting due to emergency brakes being applied by the guard.The train was held up for 20 minutes before it was taken to Dadar, where it was short-terminated."

The incident led to chaos as the administration decided to cancel the train at Dadar and commuters had to wait for another train to continue their journey.