Empty Vande Bharat train travels 463 km with faulty brakes in Ranchi division

New Delhi An empty Vande Bharat train with an allegedly inefficient braking system was allowed to travel 463 km between Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh in October, prompting the South Eastern Railway zone to initiate a probe into the incident. which posed a potential threat to other passenger trains. The incident took place on October 24, days before the Kolkata-Sairang Express derailed in Assam on November 11, allegedly due to an almost similar issue. Several coaches of Sairang-Kolkata Express train derail at Digaru in Assam storyline 1 "Running a train without adequate brake power is a serious safety concern that may lead to a major accident, endangering the lives of staff and passengers and affecting the safety of railway operations," the South Eastern Railway said. The empty chair car rake was to be moved by a freight locomotive from Hatia in Jharkhand to Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh.