Coromandel Express restarted after four days of suspension, reached Balasore Station

Coromandel Express resumed after accident; image source: ANI

Balasore Station, Odisha: Ill-fated Coromandel Express resumed it's journey from today and passed through the accident site station Balasore Railway Station. Coromandel Express was the first train collided with the goods train near Bahanga Bazar, it was involved in the triple train collision. The accident claimed life of more than 300 passengers. As per the latest update, Coromandel Shalimar Express is running with two hours and thirty minutes delay. Coromandel Express reached Korai Halt at 10: 35 PM, with two hours delay.

#WATCH | Coromandel Express, one of the trains involved in a triple collision in Odisha's Balasore, crosses the accident site at Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore pic.twitter.com/Cgi3tgNCCV

— ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2023

 

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Coromandel Express re- started services from Shalimar Station at 3:20 PM in West Bengal and will reach Chennai Central tomorrow on 10:30 AM. ANI shared tweet stating "Coromandel Express, one of the trains involved in a triple collision in Odisha's Balasore, reaches Balasore Station". The accident occurred five days ago was quite fearful and destructive, but after proper repairing and surveillance checkmate, Coromandel Express resumed services from today from Shalimar Station. [READ: Coromandel Express Resumes Services After Two Days of Suspension: CPRO Indian Railways] 

#WATCH | Coromandel Express, one of the trains involved in a triple collision in Odisha's Balasore, reaches Balasore railway station pic.twitter.com/uLi2Lkw4FH

— ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2023

 

As per the sources, the Coromandel Express started its journey on today from Shalimar station from platform number 2 at 3:25 PM. As per the report by The Hindu, today on Coromandel Express general compartments were generally filled with migrant workers. They were going for work purposes to other states of India. As per interview with The Hindu, Pintu a migrant worker travelling to Vishakhapatnam said "I'm not scared at all, it will be good if there is increased surveillance", Indian Railways should work more on proper surveillance process before commencing train journeys. Several workers are boarded Coromandel Express to report to work. An migrant worker heading to Kerala said, "I'm quite scared about traveling after such fearful accident, but there is no option left, I have to report to work" said in an interview with the The Hindu. 

News Input: ANI