Mathura railway accident

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The Mathura railway accident was the rear-end collision of an express train with a broken-down train on October 21, 2009 near Mathura in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . 22 people died.

Starting position

The Mewar Express was on its way from Udaipur to New Delhi when it stopped on the route between Mathura and Vrindavan because a traveler had pulled the emergency brake . At the end, the train carried a mixed passenger and baggage car , the seats of which were reserved for people with disabilities, women and children. The Mewar Express was followed by the Goa Express , an express train from Vasco , Goa , to New Delhi, on the same track . Both trains had stopped on schedule in Mathura and were very busy because the end of the Diwali vacation was imminent.

The route was secured by signals that were not connected by a route block . It was therefore possible to set a signal to "clear travel", even if there was still a train in the section of the route that was secured by the signal.

the accident

The dispatcher set the exit signal of the Mathura station for the Goa Express to "travel free", although the Mewar Express was still in the next section of the route. So the rear-end collision occurred around 4:30 a.m. Most of the kinetic energy of the impact was absorbed by the mixed baggage and passenger car at the end of the train. The luggage compartment absorbed a significant part of the impact. The car was completely destroyed. The Indian State Railways initially suspected that the locomotive driver of the Goa Express had run over a signal showing "stop". However, the subsequent investigation into the accident made it clear that this was not the case.

consequences

22 people died and about 20 others were injured.

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Coordinates: 27 ° 30 ′ 41.1 ″  N , 77 ° 42 ′ 2.9 ″  E