Train with 22 coaches goes for 2km without engine

Lives of hundreds of passengers remained under threat until the coaches were traced

Hundreds of passengers aboard an express train in Bihar got a shock when 22 coaches travelled without an engine for more than two kilometres, prompting authorities to order an investigation.

For about an entire hour, the lives of the passengers remained under threat until the engineless coaches were traced to a village.

The incident took place on the Darbhanga-Samastipur section, under the East Central Railway on Saturday morning.

As per the report, all 22 coaches of the Jaynagar-Puri Express got detached from the engine soon after the train left Jaynagar station at 5am on Saturday.

Over the next hour, the train bogies continued travelling at high speed without the engine, putting the lives of passengers in danger.

The driver of the train somehow noticed the fault and increased the speed of the engine to avoid collision from the train coaches rolling behind at a considerable pace, witnesses said.

After much effort, the driver stopped the engine at the next station at Khajauli.