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Hot axle delays Bengaluru-Ernakulam Vande Bharat by six hours
Passengers on the Bengaluru-Ernakulam Vande Bharat Express faced a six-hour delay Sunday after a hot axle was detected before departure. The train, fully booked for Onam, was scheduled to leave KSR Bengaluru…
Passengers on the Bengaluru-Ernakulam Vande Bharat Express faced a six-hour delay Sunday after a hot axle was detected before departure. The train, fully booked for Onam, was scheduled to leave KSR Bengaluru station at 5:10 am but departed only at 11:45 am. Railway staff served meals on the platform while passengers waited.
A hot axle occurs when an axle overheats due to friction or mechanical failure and can cause derailments or fires if not addressed. Many passengers were informed just an hour before the journey. The train also stopped at KR Pura station, where passengers reported overcrowded waiting areas and no proper food options. One passenger said the delay caused huge inconvenience, especially for families with children.
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The 11-coach Vande Bharat rake that failed Sunday is part of the newest production batch, inducted only weeks ago. A hot-axle failure so early in service points to a quality-assurance lapse at the Integral Coach Factory or a maintenance miss at the depot. Indian Railways has not disclosed whether the axle was from the indigenous or a vendor-supplied component. With Onam traffic at its peak, the six-hour disruption stranded over 1,000 passengers on the key Bengaluru-Kochi business route. The Railways will now have to complete a root-cause analysis and submit a report to the Commissioner of Railway Safety before the rake is cleared for revenue service again. The next test run, if ordered, could add another 48 hours of delay.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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