‘Rail Fracture’ Reason Behind The Suryanagri Express Derailment: Officials

Around 11 coaches of the Suryanagri Express derailed which left 20 passengers injured. Officials claimed rail fracture is the reason behind the derailment of the train on Tuesday.

According to the railway officials, “Preliminary investigations suggest that the reason Suryanagari Express derailed in the wee hours of Monday is due to rail fracture, a condition caused during an extreme cold or heat that causes tension on tracks.”

Bandra Terminus- Jodhpur Suryanagari Express was impacted after coaches derailed around 3:37 am near Pali between the Rajkiawas-Bomadra section of the Jodhpur division in Rajasthan. The incident disturbed half a dozen trains scheduled to pass through the section.

Indian report on “Derailment in Indian Railways” was tabled in the parliament on December 21 citing the major cause of the derailments due to a lack of timely maintenance of the tracks.

Former member traffic, Shri Prakash, termed the derailment of a train as a “serious matter” and said steps should be taken. “Derailment of a passenger train due to rail fracture is a serious matter. Rail fractures are not uncommon during extreme temperatures, but a manual inspection is done daily in the wee hours to inspect the same. If this train was derailed due to the fracture, it implies that the fracture would not have been fresh and hence there is a need to investigate if a mandatory manual inspection was conducted on Sunday night.”