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Passengers of the newly introduced Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Express survived a major scare on Friday after the train’s engine got detached near Jaugram station in Burdwan.
    The train had left Howrah Station at 2.15pm. Around 3.40pm, the coupling between the engine and the first coach broke. Passengers felt a sudden jerk after which the train stopped. “We got down and to our horror saw the detached engine some distance away,” said Mehboob Alam, a passenger on coach S1.
    Eastern Railway officials said the locomotive travelled nearly 250 metres before the driver stopped and reversed it. They, however, denied that the passengers were at any risk.