Coromandel express

• • • Odisha train tragedy: Video captures final moments before Coromandel Express crashed Odisha train tragedy: Video captures final moments before Coromandel Express crashed The video, shared by Odisha TV, shows passengers relaxing when a sudden jerk occurs and screams can be heard as the video starts getting blurry The crash involving the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express, the SMVT Bengaluru-Howrah Express and a goods train near Balasore in Odisha last week is one of the worst train accidents in recent times, leaving 275 people dead and over 1,000 injured. Visuals and numerous accounts have been put out by survivors of the accident, with most of them recounting the harrowing experience they have had. Over 2,000 personnel raced against time to make their way through tonnes of steel and find the hundreds trapped in the wreckage. A new video has now come up, that shows the exact moment when the Coromandel Express crashed.

• Also read in: • Coromandel Express: All but the ‘Rajdhani’ of coastal route, minus the name Old-timers and train enthusiasts say the train, which started operations on March 6, 1977, from Madras, offered unmatched facilities to its passengers. It was faster than all other trains of its time, had a pantry car and a library, and showed movies in its AC coaches Newspaper adverts announcing the birth of the Coromandel Express in 1977 to the world gave all indications that it was a star product even before it started operations.“Instead of 32.35 hours taken by the Madras Mail, this train will take 25 hours to complete its journey,” the advert Yugantar, a Bengali newspaper, announced. “The train is totally vestibuled to enable serving of meals from the pantry car,” it said, as a USP of the new train, telling the world about the “first inter-city bi-weekly train” that started on March 6, 1977 from Madras and March 7 from Howrah. Long before the word was coined, the Coromandel Express was already pegged as an “overnighter”, offering the latest in comfort and speed that Indian Railways — still trying to graduate from its Colonial legacy of steam engines — had to offer. By 1977, the Rajdhani was running successfully between, say, Howrah and “My parents were pleasantly surprised to find a library as part of the bouquet of facilities aboard the new train,” says Souroshankha Maji, a researcher and rail heritage enthusiast whose lecturer parents, Saroj and Debani, were among the first...

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Did the repair of a boom barrier at a level crossing near the Bahanaga Bazar railway station at Balasore in Odisha lead to the The level crossing gates and barriers are all inter-linked with the electronic interconnected signalling system which controls the trains’ movement automatically to allow the speedier trains to move through the main lines at smaller stations. Senior Railway officials, wishing to remain anonymous, disclosed that the repair of the boom barrier could have led to a break in the circuit connecting the relays and network, which in turn, could have led to a glitch of the “There are multiple levels of checks and re-checks, but somehow it had escaped everyone’s notice due the work pressure and there were no alerts too. The poor loco pilot has no means to control the train into the loop line as the signalling system will shift the train line and would have been horrified to see the goods train in front,” they said. CAG’s 2022 report on ‘Derailments in Indian Railways’ flagged multiple shortcomings Usually, when the train is moved to the loop line from the main line, the loco pilot reduces the speed to about 15 kmph but here he was under the impression that he was on the main line with the ‘green’ signal on, till the last minute of being pushed into the adjacent line, senior officials deduced. Even if the two express trains were “In this case, the Coromandel Express had a clear ‘green’ signal and there was no way the loco pilot could have applied brakes in su...

Top 5 things you need to know about timetables. While the overall announcements of updated railway train timetable are typically announced during the Sep-Oct month of every year, railway train time table/station time table also change during the year. It is important to frequently keep checking rly time table for any changes during the entire year. Trains can arrive at a station earlier than the scheduled arrival time as per Indian railway time table, but per strict rules they cannot depart earlier than the scheduled departure time as prescribed in Indian train time table. Trains may or may not halt at a station as per the scheduled halt time as prescribed in the railway time table. In other words, trains can depart from a station before the scheduled halt time as per the railway timetable - provided they are not leaving the station before the scheduled departure time as per the railway time table. In multiple stoppage sections of the train, train time table has substantial time buffer included as part of train schedule time table. This allows train to recover time if running in a delayed fashion. For some trains, it is observed that IRCTC time table are different from what is prescribed in main Indian Railway Time Table. Travelers are suggested to double check. Station Arrives Halt Time Departs Platform Locomotive Reverse (SHM) --------- Start 15:20 2 No (SRC) 15:35 2 mins 15:37 1 No (KGP) 17:00 5 mins 17:05 3 No (BLS) 18:32 5 mins 18:37 2 No (BHC) 19:38 2 mins 19:40 2 No...

About 12841/42 Coromandel Express Want to know about 12841/42 Coromandel Express? Coromandel Express is a superfast running train and is supervised by South Eastern Railways zone on daily basis in between Howrah junction and MGR Chennai Central station across the country. It has 24 coaches as of now and composition wise, it has first tier, second tier, third tier, sleeper and general class category coaches. It covers a total distance of 1662 km and that too in a travel time of 26 hours and 10 minutes. It stops by at 13 halts in between the travel. It runs with a superfast operating speed of 64 km/hour. The express has even a pantry car attached within. According to the time table scheduled, train 12841 leaves from Howrah station at 14:50 hours and reaches MGR Chennai Central at 17:00 hours on next day of journey. The route that it follows is via Kharagpur, Balasore, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Visakhapatnam, Eluru, Vijayawada and so. In general class, the fare is Rs. 4025 in 1A, Rs. 2625 in 2A, Rs. 1650 in 3A, Rs. 697 in SL and Rs. 370 in GN. In tatkal class, the fare is Rs. 3150 in 2A, Rs. 2245 in 3A, Rs. 890 in SL. 12841/42 Coromandel express Time Table and Route Map Finding online to get some insight about 12841/42 Coromandel express? Being recognized as the flagship and leading carriers of Indian railways, Coromandel express is been categorized as a superfast running train heading in between Howrah station and Chennai Central station. It runs on a daily basis an...

Top 5 things you need to know about timetables. While the overall announcements of updated railway train timetable are typically announced during the Sep-Oct month of every year, railway train time table/station time table also change during the year. It is important to frequently keep checking rly time table for any changes during the entire year. Trains can arrive at a station earlier than the scheduled arrival time as per Indian railway time table, but per strict rules they cannot depart earlier than the scheduled departure time as prescribed in Indian train time table. Trains may or may not halt at a station as per the scheduled halt time as prescribed in the railway time table. In other words, trains can depart from a station before the scheduled halt time as per the railway timetable - provided they are not leaving the station before the scheduled departure time as per the railway time table. In multiple stoppage sections of the train, train time table has substantial time buffer included as part of train schedule time table. This allows train to recover time if running in a delayed fashion. For some trains, it is observed that IRCTC time table are different from what is prescribed in main Indian Railway Time Table. Travelers are suggested to double check. Station Arrives Halt Time Departs Platform Locomotive Reverse (SHM) --------- Start 15:20 2 No (SRC) 15:35 2 mins 15:37 1 No (KGP) 17:00 5 mins 17:05 3 No (BLS) 18:32 5 mins 18:37 2 No (BHC) 19:38 2 mins 19:40 2 No...

• Also read in: • Coromandel Express: All but the ‘Rajdhani’ of coastal route, minus the name Old-timers and train enthusiasts say the train, which started operations on March 6, 1977, from Madras, offered unmatched facilities to its passengers. It was faster than all other trains of its time, had a pantry car and a library, and showed movies in its AC coaches Newspaper adverts announcing the birth of the Coromandel Express in 1977 to the world gave all indications that it was a star product even before it started operations.“Instead of 32.35 hours taken by the Madras Mail, this train will take 25 hours to complete its journey,” the advert Yugantar, a Bengali newspaper, announced. “The train is totally vestibuled to enable serving of meals from the pantry car,” it said, as a USP of the new train, telling the world about the “first inter-city bi-weekly train” that started on March 6, 1977 from Madras and March 7 from Howrah. Long before the word was coined, the Coromandel Express was already pegged as an “overnighter”, offering the latest in comfort and speed that Indian Railways — still trying to graduate from its Colonial legacy of steam engines — had to offer. By 1977, the Rajdhani was running successfully between, say, Howrah and “My parents were pleasantly surprised to find a library as part of the bouquet of facilities aboard the new train,” says Souroshankha Maji, a researcher and rail heritage enthusiast whose lecturer parents, Saroj and Debani, were among the first...

Did the repair of a boom barrier at a level crossing near the Bahanaga Bazar railway station at Balasore in Odisha lead to the The level crossing gates and barriers are all inter-linked with the electronic interconnected signalling system which controls the trains’ movement automatically to allow the speedier trains to move through the main lines at smaller stations. Senior Railway officials, wishing to remain anonymous, disclosed that the repair of the boom barrier could have led to a break in the circuit connecting the relays and network, which in turn, could have led to a glitch of the “There are multiple levels of checks and re-checks, but somehow it had escaped everyone’s notice due the work pressure and there were no alerts too. The poor loco pilot has no means to control the train into the loop line as the signalling system will shift the train line and would have been horrified to see the goods train in front,” they said. CAG’s 2022 report on ‘Derailments in Indian Railways’ flagged multiple shortcomings Usually, when the train is moved to the loop line from the main line, the loco pilot reduces the speed to about 15 kmph but here he was under the impression that he was on the main line with the ‘green’ signal on, till the last minute of being pushed into the adjacent line, senior officials deduced. Even if the two express trains were “In this case, the Coromandel Express had a clear ‘green’ signal and there was no way the loco pilot could have applied brakes in su...

• • • Odisha train tragedy: Video captures final moments before Coromandel Express crashed Odisha train tragedy: Video captures final moments before Coromandel Express crashed The video, shared by Odisha TV, shows passengers relaxing when a sudden jerk occurs and screams can be heard as the video starts getting blurry The crash involving the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express, the SMVT Bengaluru-Howrah Express and a goods train near Balasore in Odisha last week is one of the worst train accidents in recent times, leaving 275 people dead and over 1,000 injured. Visuals and numerous accounts have been put out by survivors of the accident, with most of them recounting the harrowing experience they have had. Over 2,000 personnel raced against time to make their way through tonnes of steel and find the hundreds trapped in the wreckage. A new video has now come up, that shows the exact moment when the Coromandel Express crashed.