A motorman of a Central Railway suburban train saved the lives of passengers by his quick action. The motorman of a Central Railway suburban train, seeing a drum lying on the tracks, applied emergency brakes to avert a major disaster. Motorman Ashok Sharma reported seeing a drum lying at km 2/435 on the Byculla side section in the southern part of the city when the KP-7 rapid suburban train left CSMT at 3:10 pm on Thursday and reached Khopoli in Raigad. was traveling. District Seoni.
“Despite applying the brakes, the train crashed into the drum, which had stones and ballast. Sharma secured the train and removed the drum with the help of passengers, his alertness averted an accident. Had he not applied the brakes, So the impact would have been greater and parts of the train could have been damaged,” the official said.
A case has been registered against an unidentified person under Section 154 of the Railways Act at the Byculla unit of the Railway Protection Force, which is likely to endanger the safety of the passengers, the CR official said.
With inputs from PTI