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Passengers got out to push a train

 
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gfloyd



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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:51 am    Post subject: Passengers got out to push a train Reply with quote
Hundreds of rail passengers in India had to give the electric train they were riding on a push after it lost power from the overhead wires.

The train in the eastern state of Bihar had stopped in a 'neutral zone' after a passenger pulled the emergency chain.

Normally, a train's momentum allows it to continue through such zones.
This time, however, passengers had to push the train 12 feet (4 metres) to the next stretch of live wires.

A spokesman for Indian Railways said: 'In so many years of service in the railways, I have never come across such a bizarre incident.'
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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2007 10:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sshh!! You'll be giving Richard Branson's Virgin Trains ideas Laughing
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