Irredeemable Coromandel Express to Resume Operations Today

The tragic Coromandel Express is scheduled to resume operations on Wednesday following the horrible accident on June 2.
“The Coromandel Express is ready to recommence its services from Wednesday,” said Chief Public Relations Officer of Railway Aditya Kumar Chaudhary as reported by ANI.
Near Balasore’s Bahanaga Railway Station, the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express collided with a stopped goods train, causing many coaches to derrail onto the nearby track.

Near Bahanaga Railway Station, about 10 to 12 coaches of the Coromandel Express derailed and ‘infringed’ onto the other track.

The Howrah Express then derailed further when it slammed into the affected carriages at a high rate of speed on its way from Yesvantpur to Howrah.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Union Minister for Railways, claimed the disaster was caused by a “change in electronic interlocking” on Sunday.
A system of signal equipment called an electronic interlocking prevents trains from moving in opposition to one another along a network of lines. Essentially, it is a safety mechanism to stop signals from being changed in the wrong order. This system’s goal is to prevent a train from moving forward until the safety of the route has been established.

A few hours after passenger train service had resumed in the area on Monday, the Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express train passed over the repaired railway track in Balasore, Odisha.

Following the Odisha triple train catastrophe, there were issues with the train services in Balasore.
As services resumed on Sunday evening, 51 hours after a train tragedy in Balasore, Ashwini Vaishnaw waved at the crew of a freight train and wished them a safe journey.
“Services on both tracks have been restored. Normal train services on both lines have now been restored, 51 hours after the accident,” said Ashwini Vaishnaw.