Attempted sabotage on railway track in Gujarat's Surat district thwarted by alert railway staff, investigation underway.

Surat: In another alleged attempt to derail trains in the country, fish plates and keys on the railway tracks were found removed near Surat in Gujarat, official said on Saturday. The incident could have led to a major rail derailment, officials claimed. The removed plates were found near Kosamba Junction railway station in Surat. Those […]

The sabotage attempt came to light before a train could pass through the affected track between Kosamba and Kim railway stations as a lineman detected the damage and alerted the railway authorities in the early hours of the day, officials said.

According to the police, the unidentified accused removed two fish plates that bolted the ends of two rails on the railway track and placed them on the parallel track.

An attempted train derailment was thwarted on Saturday after miscreants removed fishplates and keys from a railway track near Kim Railway Station in Surat. | OpIndia News

A major train accident was averted in Gujarat's Surat as the fish plates on the railway tracks were found removed in the early morning inspection.

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On the complaint of Rudrapur city section railway engineer Rajendra Kumar, an FIR was lodged at GRP Police Station Rampur under sections of the Railways Act 1989 against unnamed people.

On September 18, the loco pilot of train number 12091, traveling from Bilaspur Road towards Rudrapur, spotted the iron rod on the tracks between km 43/10-11. Reacting swiftly, the driver applied the emergency brakes, halting the train in time to avoid a potential disaster.