Vande Bharat stalls near Knp, disrupts rail traffic for 3 hrs
The Vande Bharat train to Varanasi stalled due to engine failure, causing a 3-hour disruption. Passengers were later transferred to other trains.
The engine of the Varanasi-bound Vande Bharat train failed on Monday morning, causing a significant disruption on the track for three hours.
According to reports, train number 22436, operating from New Delhi to Varanasi, passed through Etawah railway station at 8.50 am. Shortly after crossing Bharathna, the engine failed, halting the train on the main track. This caused a backlog of trains, with services including the Shatabdi and Neelanchal Expresses being held at subsequent stations.
The train stopped due to a lack of build-up in the main reservoir. “We have arranged an entire rack in which the passengers will travel to Varanasi,” chief public relations officer, North Central Railways, Shashikant Tripathi said.
A goods train engine was dispatched from Sarai Bhupat station to remove the Vande Bharat from the main track and reposition it on a loop line at Bharathna station. This allowed the main track to reopen by 12.10 pm.
With the Vande Bharat train’s engine remaining inoperative, passengers staged a protest at the Bharathna station superintendent’s office.
Passengers, including Rajya Sabha MP Geeta Shakya, were eventually transferred to the New Delhi-Ayodhya Vande Bharat and New Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi trains bound for Kanpur, Tripathi said.