Darjeeling Train Accident | Goods Train That Hit Kanchanjunga Express Had Overshot Signal

Kanchanjunga Express accident: The good trains that hit a Kolkata-bound express train this morning in West Bengal's Darjeeling district had overshot the signal, officials said. At least five died and two dozen passengers suffered injuries after the express train traveling from Silchar, Assam to Sealdah, Kolkata was hit by the goods train from behind near Rangapani station, close to New Jalpaiguri. Two coaches of the express train were derailed, it is learnt.

Kanchanjunga Express is frequently used by tourists to travel to the popular hill station of Darjeeling. The route crosses the narrow strip of land called Chicken's Corridor, which links the Northeast with the rest of the country. The route is an automatic signal section and remains extremely busy with parallel lines, which means there are higher chances of other trains being around.

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[alisonajaykumar]

What is happening with signalling system, what is govt.doing ?

[rathnakarshetty]

Very sad. Was the engine driver in inebriated state or sleeping? There should be a CBI enquiry immediately
Very important that such incidents are taken seriously before the evidences are lost. Never know, in one of the previous train accidents there was supposedly a sabotage attempt.

[raghudp]

Wow, reporter is asking ek he Patri pe khadi thi.. - Nahi doosri patri se ud ke ayi

[hayastanworrior]

Please accept my condolences from Armenia, dear residents of India🇦🇲🤝🇮🇳💔

[VaidyatheDr]

Reality of vishwaguru with bullet train

[noiqneeded]

👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿Wrong script 👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿, goods train rammed passenger train from behind ....check details before misinforming viewers...👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿...🖕🏿🖕🏿...

[Na_sav_nenu_sastaneku_enduku]

Modi strategy ..where they loose they will do like this 😢