Title - Two trains of single track leaves passengers fuming

CHANDIGARH: Around 1,000 passengers on board Ambala-Amritsar passenger train were gripped in the fear when they spotted a cargo train following the train on same section at Ambala on Monday morning. The incident took place when Amritsar bound train was negotiating the Ambala city-Ambala cantt strech of 6 kilometers.Claiming that the distance between the two trains was less then 10 meters, the passengers as well as on lookers termed it a gross negligence on the part of railway authorites by putting two trains on the same tracks. It was a major tregedy which was averted after we raised an alarm. Else, the train following us carrying oil tankers would have rammed into our train,'' Harpreet Singh, a resident of Ambala said.The railway authorities, however, outrightly denied any lapse of laxity into the incident. Admitting the incident, the officials attached with the office of Divisional Railway manager (DRM) Zonal Divisional Ambala said that Ambala cantt -Ambala city section is section having an arrangements to allow passage of trains on same tracks in one direction.That is an automatic signaling territory. Drivers of both the trains were at a conscious speed and there was an adequete gap between the two trains. These signals are controlled on board as well. All this is done to ensure safe passage of trains on single section,'' an official spokesman said.