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Coach derails at Tirupati Railway Yard
September 4, 2008, Chittoor
Improper communication between Driver and Shunting staff leads to derailment
Lack of proper communication between a driver and a shunter at the Tirupati Railway Yard has lead to the derailment of a train. The Tirupati Railway Yard has a capacity for 22 bogies on the line. However, the staff have attempted to accommodate 4 more bogies of a train which made the last 4 bogies to hit the safety wall of the yard and thereby to their derailment.
The Rengunta Lookon is informed about the incident which arrived to the spot in about 2 hours and have put the bogies back on the track.
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