Two trains had been reportedly stopped on the same music in Katpadi near Vellore on Tuesday creating a flutter, however Railway officers said there was no want for panic as there was a safe distance among the trains.
A video clipping showing a MEMU passeger educate from Jolarpet and a water wagon train stationed at the identical song surfaced on social media thinking if a head-on collision were avoided.
Officials at Katpadi railway station clarified that upon seeing the stationary water wagon teach, the locopilot of the MEMU teach stopped the vehicle at a safe distance.
The water wagon educate, used for transporting water from Jolarpet to
Chennai, had to be stopped near Zafrabad in Katpadi due to a sign fault. Since the unique educate has locomotives on each aspects, it might have seemed as though a head-on collision were averted, a railway authentic said.
The MEMU motorman stopped the educate on seeing the educate beforehand at the equal track from a distance. He changed into requested by officers to look ahead to water teach to receive clearance to run. During this time, commuters took pictures and movies to spread the message via social media, said an professional.
Both trains have been cleared closer to Arakkonam after Railways attended to the signal blocks in Zafrabad, sources from Southern Railway clarified.