AJJ/Arakkonam Junction

Horrible :(

mujhey to nahi lagta srif 4 log marey hai

Really Tragic accident :(

sad to see the pics of tragic accident:(

Really horrible to see ,.

I am feeling so sad @ this moment after see this pics.

what was the reason behind this ?

when and how did it happen?

The reason behind this accident will know only after investigation. It may be due to rail fracture or sabotage. CRS investigation ordered.

Worst Situation :(

It happened today early morning at CHITTARI rly station near Arakkonam in MAS-JTJ section.

List of passengers suffered with fatal / Grievous / Simple Injuries available in SWR web-site.[Press Release]

Any probable causrs known till now?

The MoS for Rly's, Shri Kotla Jayasurya Prakash Reddy, accompanied by higher Rly officials, The GM [SR], Shri S.K.Mittal [CRS] visited the accident site at CHITTERI.
The Minister announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakhs to the next of kin of the passenger who was killed. Rs 50,000/- would be given to those grievously injured and Rs 10,000/- to those who suffered simple injuries. The Minister met the injured persons admitted in hospitals and handed over the relief amount on the spot.

More photos...

"DEAD ZONE" CHITHERI,.
The villege Chitheri, near Arakkonam will remain etched in railway official's memory as "Dead Zone" fore ever. In less than two years, rail accidents there have claimed a dozen lives, includind the one lost in Wednes day's derailment of Muzzafarpur-Yeshwantpur exp.

CHITHERI Sep 2011 Accident.
The yesterdays derailment taken place barely 200 meters ahead of spot where Chennai beach- Vellore MEMU rammed into a stationary Arakkonam-Vellore passenger killing 10 passengers in September 2011.

Prior to 2011 incident, another accident involving a goods train was reported at CHITHERI, but no casualties were reported.

The local people say the track may not have been in good condition. The train may have derailed because of poor quality of rail or poor maintenance. There are more than five joints with in short distance on the rail. Railways have not taken efforts to change the rails. While a few local people suspect evil spell.

horrible!!!!!!! what might be the cause???????????????

I request members/admins to not use "Great" for photographs that depict "ACCIDENTS" i feel accidents are not something which should be considered "Great" and this is not a dig at someone but respecting the ones who are affected.

DERAILMENT Vs COLLISION
Between train derailment and train collision, which is the bigger VILLAN ?
It's Rail derailment according to Indian Express .
Between 2001 and 2011
People died following derailment 514
But Train collision deaths 467
People injured following derailment around 2000
People injured following train collision 1300
But death recorded along Level crossing 1560

The safety review committee constituted by the Ministry of Railways and headed by former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Dr.Anil Kokodkar had found that, derailments constitute more than half of total accidents on Indian Railways.

I am feeling very horrible to see this destruction.

unga approachah parattren :P

The move by the Rly's in 2006 to allow wagons to carry load in excess of their capacity is a prime reason for wear and tear of the railway track.
-Mr Elangovan, Working President of Dakshin Railway Employees Union.

That's a very important point sir,which you have "highlighted".

The body of Mr.CHORAN BEDI aged 52, who died in the accident send to his native place in West Bengal by Gawahati express.

The Railways has restored train services in the Arakonnam-Katpadi sections. The Railway staff swung into action and repaired the tracks. The trains maintained speeds of 10 km/hr. Resumption of train services came as a huge relief to passengers.

All the 11 coaches of ill-fated Muzaffarpur-Yeswantpur Express would be dumped in scrap. Rly's would recover around Rs 55 lakhs by disposing of the scrap. The coaches would be sold through e-auction and recover Rs 5 lakhs per compartment.
Beside Rly would also claim Rs 3-4 lakhs as compensation for every damaged coach. In total, Rly's is likely to recover around Rs 4 crore from the damaged coaches though Rs 11.5 crore was spend.

from where u got this ?

I too read it in some news yesterday...
He is telling the truth.

The New Indian Express, Friday 12 th April 2013.
Not full News , just Highlights.

Blog Entry Unlocked.
Unlocked on request

railway should really think about reducing death on trcks ..

Almost 24 hrs GONE !!. Any EXPRESS train is in IR.

no such i guess

bro
as per PUTHIYATHALAIMURAI, GTV SPV news channel says JP - CBE crossed accidental place with Diesel LOCO

This blog is totally different from accident related blog,.

jhargram kharagpur jangal mahal express ran for few days with memu rake

Sapthagiri express is a sort of MEMU....

In SWR, good number of times MEMU/DEMU has been replaced with conventional rakes :(

Nope.. It is not.. .It is a conventional rake with 2 locos.. Like a Banker concept but not the banker duty :-)

Now a days, Main line passengers are replaced with MEMU's, but Express train running with MEMU rack is very rare in IR.

Ok. I remember earlier it was running with one loco...not seen of late :(

Yep it was long back though pal.. if not wrong till only 2008 or 2009. after that it was with 2 locos matching its lievery.. then the livery went for a toss and now conventional rake.. with RPM Grandpa's :-)

Only CC runs with Sapthagiri livery rake

Oh only CC..sad to see that unique livery is not seen much now a days :(

I still remember CC having all the posters depicting about the Lord residing at Tirumala....it was nice display :)

Even that CC is now mix matched man.. Sometime get conventional CC.. sometime this one..

Oh-still few motnhs back atleast that was there

U wud have seen on one such day when that CC was present.. That 89 make goes with Kovai / Kovai ICE/Brinda got for few days..

Its rake is in ICF for IOH. Will get it back in about 4 months. It is like MEMU as runs with AC power for lighting and fan of the coaches and few are connected to battery for backup.

Oh ok!! may be-need to check out again next time

But will go with 2 locos coz before this IOH also they were being hauled by the same livery locos.. and WAP1 Jawahar was regular.. You are right it was typical MEMU once 2007 it was for sure..

i have just mentioned about the similarities. I was always conventional rake with 2 locos and AC power from OHE for lighting and fan. i dont know abt MEMU coach.

Sorry in 2007 it was a DEMU.. my apologies.

hoping some more trains swr to be deprived of and gets alloted to cr or wr hoping for best future which swr has not been able to done so far

Seen a similar one at RJY yesterday in the morning but disappeared later on when i revisited the station in the evening.Must be a "Duty Call" but i was hoping it would be somewhere around the station as it was marked RJY :(

Missing this color. :(

Its MFP-YPR Express

have a look at SC Sh here
/news/post/128974

4 dead as per updates

Thanks for the update.
but where it derails??
Before OR After AJJ.
Will the AJJ By-pass traffic affected??

Probably the AJJ By-pass traffic will also be affected.
It derails near CHITTERI.

thats sad...casulaties expected to increase?
cause of accident?

No. Its the main line between Arakonnam & Katpadi. So, all trains from MAS to SBC/CBE/MAQ/Kerala will be affected. Thanks

One dead and 30+ Injured..

As per news,11 coaches derailed and 4 people killed and several others injured

wt is train number??

15228

15228

Picture from thatstamil.com
The below seven trains completely cancelled.
16627
12695 TVC SF
12639 Brindavan
12609
12675 Kovai
CBE Duronto
12679 CBE Intercity

50+ injured :(

That's too bad :(
Train must have been at high speed when it derailed, its high time now that railways replace all trains with lhb ones

Terrible news first up in the morning :(

The route mas-sbc is electrified so there should be electric poles and wires but none is present in this pic.
This pic must be for representation purpose.

However as per IRCTC booking are stil open for 6) 12679 - Kovai IC Express
7) 12695 - TVC SF Express .. waiting for further reports..

A special train will go to CBE from MAS via RU - KPD. Details will be announced later today.

The accident took place at CHETTARI where VELLORE bound MEMU rammed into the passenger train some years before.

sad to see this...Reason for the accident known?

Looks a Big one.
Was it moving into a Loop line.

So RU - KPD traffic will not be affected ??

Oh My God!! whats the reason behind this derailment?

The accident took place at CHITTERI 8 km after AJJ from MAS side of MAS-JTJ section. RU-KPD through AJJ affected but RU-KPD through TIRUPATI not affected.

A CRS (Commissioner of Railway Safety) or an ACRS (Assistant Commissioner of Railway Safety) will be appointed by the Railway Board to investigate the causes of the accident. And only after he submits his report in 3/4 months will the cause(s) of the derailment be known.

according to my knowledge,it should be the failure of track maintenance work.

RU - KPD via TPTY not affected.

Will todays 15227 will also cancelled ?

May be.
Just check out the SWR site.

Most probably yes...

So YPR Duronto might have to go via TPTY in order to avoid chaos at the accident site else More Late on Late.

Pics from NDTV

I cant see this destruction.

Based on the picture I think the accident occured due to failure or cracks of tracks...
Bad maintanance of tracks maybe...

AC coaches tilted...
Source: NDTV

I had been told this early.

UP line to MAS cleared and train service towards CHENNAI started.
source : SR Press release.

Ypr duronto gets the priority.. WI'll arrive ontime

This is very tragic accident to occur especially in this high speed belt.
Its high time authorities focus on proper track maintenance......

Details if affected trains viz Regulated/ Cancelled =>> /news/post/129031

It's already 4 hrs late due to some incident at KGP.

The notification says.
TRAINS DIVERTED:
Train No.12510 Guwahati – Bangalore and Train No.22601 Chennai Central – Sainagar Shirdi Express will be diverted via. Renigunta and Pakala.
Train No.22619 Bilaspur ­­– Tirunelveli and Train No.12245 Howrah –Yeswantpur Duronto Express will be diverted via.Katpadi.
Train No.12507 Ernakulam – Guwahati Expresswill be diverted via.Katpadi.
I think they meant TPTY - KPD.

So as expected 15227 for tonight is cancelled...

Yes.
Because there will not be any rake for this.

Yes.. Sangamitra is also diverted and will not come to MAS & AJJ.

Source: NDTV
Seriousness of todays derailment...

Any idea which loco was hauling the train? and loco condition?

Mostly seen with WAP1/4...
Donno abt loco this time...

The fault occurred on both side. Both LP & Track.

OMG.That is very horrible.

I guess LP can't look onto track at 100 kmph, it is totally track maintenance fault

What is LP;s mistake Saravana? U seemed to have found the cause of derailment?

LP cant do any thing if there is track problems and no caution order is given to him... Else he should have seen something and failed to apply brakes on time. But see dude, even if he sees such and apply Emergency braking its tough to bring it stop before the thing ( like track removed ) as its a High speed zone

Suspension & enquiry.
Later, if found guilty, have to bear penalty, as defined by court along with dismissal from job..

This is due to the derailment of Muzaffarpur-Yeshwantpur Exp

Pls /blog/post/718493

bad news.... :(
what's d reason behind dis? how many casualties?