RailEnquiry

Guwahati; July 17:The NF Railway today said the persons who was killed and those injured yesterday by a goods train at Gandhibasti violated rules by not getting down from the train at Guwahati station.
NFR public relation officer Nripen Bhattacharjya said according to rules, passengers should get down from the train only on the platform. “Yesterday, the passengers were at fault,” he said.
GMCH superintendent Ra-men Talukdar said the four injured were discharged to-day.
Bhattacharjya said trains slow down and stop for some time in areas like Fancy Bazar, Gandhibasti and Chandmari before entering the station.
One person was killed and four others were injured when a goods train hit them at Gandhibasti while they were trying to cross the tracks last evening. They were coming from Nagaon to Guwahati in a passenger train. They got down at the level crossing when the train had slowed down. When they tried to cross the tracks, a goods train, which was coming from the opposite direction, hit them.