A Pakistan Railways Karachi-bound passenger train nearly escaped a major accident when it split into two while changing tracks near Kotri Railway Station.
The incident occurred because of excessive speed while changing the track.
The automatic brakes gradually stopped both the separated coaches prevented a major accident.
Movement between the Karachi-Hyderabad tracks has been suspended temporarily due to an incident. Authorities were busy replacing the affected bogey and clearing the track for the resumption of rail traffic.
No damages have been reported till the filing of this report.
The year 2019 saw many train accidents and the Tezgam tragedy was foremost among them. As many as 74 lives were lost to a blaze in October last year.
One hoped that our vocal railway minister would have conducted a serious performance review of the department but this was not the case.
A passenger train rammed into a motor car in Patoki on the third day of Eid, killing many people. The usual lip service followed. Given the track record, not much hope can be pegged to the remedial process.
Modern service standards demand basic facilities including stations. Most stations have been found in very dilapidated state. Some essential facilities are non-existent.
Basic amenities for passenger comfort and safety or the facilitation hardware for the routine operation and maintenance are extremely dilapidated.
During inspections, the concerned station masters and other staff pointed out towards the short comings but follow up process for remedial is either extremely slow or not forth coming at all.
Barring a few major stations, the building facilities are also in run down conditions.
The budget deficit does not allow railways authorities to undertake any mass scale facilities or any hardware re-vitalization programmes which are needed without further delay.
Most unfortunately, such loopholes only receive limelight after a major train accident happens.
The incident occurred because of excessive speed while changing the track.
The automatic brakes gradually stopped both the separated coaches prevented a major accident.
Movement between the Karachi-Hyderabad tracks has been suspended temporarily due to an incident. Authorities were busy replacing the affected bogey and clearing the track for the resumption of rail traffic.
No damages have been reported till the filing of this report.
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The year 2019 saw many train accidents and the Tezgam tragedy was foremost among them. As many as 74 lives were lost to a blaze in October last year.
One hoped that our vocal railway minister would have conducted a serious performance review of the department but this was not the case.
A passenger train rammed into a motor car in Patoki on the third day of Eid, killing many people. The usual lip service followed. Given the track record, not much hope can be pegged to the remedial process.
Modern service standards demand basic facilities including stations. Most stations have been found in very dilapidated state. Some essential facilities are non-existent.
Basic amenities for passenger comfort and safety or the facilitation hardware for the routine operation and maintenance are extremely dilapidated.
During inspections, the concerned station masters and other staff pointed out towards the short comings but follow up process for remedial is either extremely slow or not forth coming at all.
Barring a few major stations, the building facilities are also in run down conditions.
The budget deficit does not allow railways authorities to undertake any mass scale facilities or any hardware re-vitalization programmes which are needed without further delay.
Most unfortunately, such loopholes only receive limelight after a major train accident happens.