the coromandel express, seen here in red, was heading south, to chennai. the howrah superfast express, which is in blue, was heading north. there was also a stationary goods train, which you can see here, in grey. there are varying accounts of which train derailed first, but a railway spokesperson said it was the coromandel express. it somehow ended up on a loop line and hit the goods train. the derailed carriages, which you can see in red here, then collided with the howrah superfast express, which was travelling along a different line. some of the superfast express carriages, which you can see in blue, also then derailed. the government has said, in total, 17 coaches from the two passenger trains were derailed and severely damaged. anubav das, who survived the derailment, told the bbc that he feels fortunate to have survived the crash without injuries. i was seated in the very last coach of the train, and behind me wasjust the security guards coach. so i was pretty much far away from
there are varying accounts of how this train crash happened, including questions about which train derailed first. the exact sequence of events is still under investigation but bbc teams have been trying to piece it together. we know the accident involved three trains. the coromandel express, seen here in red, was heading south to chennai. the howrah superfast express, which is in blue, was heading north. there was also a stationary goods train which you can see here in grey. there are varying accounts of which train derailed first. but a railway spokesperson said it was the coromandel express. it somehow ended up on a loop line and hit the goods train. the derailed carriages which you can see in red here then collided with the howrah superfast express which was travelling along a different line. some of the superfast express carriages, which you can see in blue, are also then derailed. the government has said in total 17 coaches from the two passenger trains were derailed
indian prime minister narendra modi visited the scene and a local hospital, and met some of the victims. here s what he had to say. translation: this i incident is very serious for the government. orders for carrying out a thorough investigation have been given, and whoever is found guilty will get the strictest punishment. that person will not be spared. there are varying accounts of how this train crash happened, including questions about which train derailed first. the exact sequence of events is still under investigation but bbc teams have been trying to piece it together. we know the accident involved three trains. the coromandel express, seen here in red, was heading south to chennai. the howra superfast express, which is in blue, was heading north. there was also a stationary goods train which you can see here in grey. there are varying accounts of which train derailed first. but a railway spokesperson said it was the coromandel express. it somehow ended up on a loop line and hi
and the passenger train seen behind me, took the full force of the collision. investigators have also said this was likely down to a signalling failure. so let s look a bit how this could have happened. there were two passenger trains involved. there was the coromandel express, highlighted in red behind me here, travelling south. and there was the howrah express, highlighted in blue behind me here, travelling north. investigators said both of these trains were travelling below the 130 kilometre hour speed limit, so this wasn t where the problem laid. the problem happened due to a signalfailure. this meant the coromandel express didn t continue along its expected route along the main line and instead deviated to a different loop line and then collided with the freight train highlighted in gray behind me here. and as these carriages derailed, the howrah express continued
and there was the howrah express highlighted in blue behind me here travelling north. investigators said both of these trains were travelling below the 130 kilometre hour speed limit. so this wasn t where the problem laid. the problem happened due to a signalfailure. this meant the coromandel express didn t continue along its expected route along the main line and instead deviated to a different loop line and then collided with the freight train highlighted in gray behind me here. this caused several of its carriages to derail. and as these carriages derailed, the horror express continued to travel past and its rear end was struck by them causing some of its carriages to derail as well. authorities said there will be a full investigation into exactly how this signal failure happened. but what we do know is the scenes of destruction seen on friday and through the weekend was india s worst train disaster in decades. a 17 year old boy who died off bournemouth beach on wednesday has been n