Train crashes into station platform:Daily Star

The locomotive of Mahanagar Probhati express train after it overshot the end of the line and ploughed into the Chittagong Railway Station building yesterday. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das A train ploughed into the platform when it entered Chittagong Railway Station to pick up passengers yesterday morning. None was hurt in the incident. The train, Mohanagar Provati, was empty, said Chittagong Railway Sta
tion Manager Abul Kalam Azad. The railway authorities later suspended three people -- loco master of the train Zahirul Haque, assistant loco master Emran Hossain and shunting staff Md Jahangir -- for negligence of duty, he said. Source: Anurup Kanti Das Two committees have been formed to find out the reason of the accident and submit reports as soon as possible. The station manager said the train entered the station from its yard to pick up passengers around 5:30am, but its engine (shunting engine) along with a bogie veered off the tracks and crashed into the platform as the train master failed to stop the train at the designated place. Due to the accident, front side of the shunting engine, a portion of the platform and glass of “Exit and Entry” point of the station were damaged.  The train, however, left for Dhaka with passengers around 7:50am, about 50 minutes later, the station manager added. Advertisement Source: Anurup Kanti Das Railway communications were not disrupted following the incident. Mozammel Haque, general manager of Bangladesh Railway (east zone), said he came to know that the driver was sleeping when the accident happened. Additional Chief Engineer (Bridges) of Railway East Zone Mafizur Rahman, also a member of a probe committee, termed the incident unusual while talking to journalists at the station. Soon after the formation of committees, they rushed to the spot and started their investigation, he said. “We will submit our report within the shortest possible time,” Mafizur said.