Only Coromandel Express met with accident, informs Railway Board on Odisha train mishap

In a major development in the theories and media reports regarding the involvement of multiple trains in the Odisha train mishap, the Railway Board on Sunday made some startling revelations.

Member of Operation and Business Development, Railway Board, Jaya Varma Sinha said that preliminary findings suggest that there have been some issues with the signalling. A detailed report from the Commissioner of Railway Safety is awaited.

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“We need to understand that only Coromandel Express met with an accident. The false information is floating that multiple trains collided. The Coromandel Express train was then at a speed of around 128 km/hour,” said Sinha.

According to Sinha, the goods train did not get derailed. “Since the goods train was carrying iron ores, the maximum damage of the impact was on Coromandel Express. This is the reason for a huge number of deaths and injuries,” ANI quoted Sinha.

According to Sinha, the derailed bogies of Coromandel Express came on the down line, and hit the last two bogies of Yashwantpur Express which was crossing at a speed of 126 km/hour from down line.

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