After Near-Miss Incident, Rly Station Masters Relieved of Non-Core Duties
The New Indian Express Vellore
|July 22, 2025
Collision of two trains between Kovilpatti and Kadambur averted at last minute on June 24
AFTER a near-miss incident in which a collision between two express trains was averted at the last minute between Kovilpatti and Kadambur stations on June 24, Southern Railway has decided to relieve station masters from non-core duties such as ticket issuance, public announcement system maintenance, and other unrelated tasks, to improve operational safety.
According to sources, the incident was allegedly caused due to lack of communication between a loco pilot and a station master.
While an alert railway official had managed to avert the collision by cutting the power supply to one of the trains, three railway officials, including Senior Divisional Operations Manager of the Madurai railway division, were suspended last month based on the findings of a safety audit report, official sources said.
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