As the latest development in the massive Kanchanjungha Express mishap that killed many on Monday, internal documents clearly notified that the the goods train that rammed into the Kanchanjunga Express between Ranipatra Railway Station and Chattar Hat Junction in West Bengal was allowed to cross all red signals as the automatic signalling had 'failed'. Read full report
Kavach, the Indian-made safety system which designed to help prevent accidents if two trains are moving on the same line, was missing on the Darjeeling tracks where the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjungha Express collided with a goods train on Monday. Read full report.
A direction reversal at Lumding in Assam placed the coaches which were initially at the front at the rear end of the train. A passenger in a sleeper coach located in the middle of the rake told the news agency that the "affected coaches were in the front till Lumding." Read full report.