A day after it was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Train 18’s engine failed early on Saturday, leaving it stranded 15 kilometres from Tundla junction in Uttar Pradesh.
A day after it was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Train 18’s engine failed early on Saturday, leaving it stranded 15 kilometres from Tundla junction in Uttar Pradesh. The train was being brought back to New Delhi from Varanasi for its first commercial run on Sunday when the breaks jammed in one of the last coaches. Electricity went off in several coaches as well.
The train began making a suspicious noise early Saturday morning after which its wheels skid and the breaks jammed in one of the trailing coaches. Four coaches turned ‘dead load’, meaning they have no power to move.
Engineers onboard are in touch with Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer Northern Railway. They are likely to get the Train 18 to the nearest maintenance shed, if not New Delhi.
The train began making a suspicious noise early Saturday morning after which its wheels skid and the breaks jammed in one of the trailing coaches. Four coaches turned ‘dead load’, meaning they have no power to move.
Engineers onboard are in touch with Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer Northern Railway. They are likely to get the Train 18 to the nearest maintenance shed, if not New Delhi.