Train no. 14257 a
daily train, runs a distance of 793 kms
covering it in a travel time of 16 hr 25 M.
It has 30 halts in between. It is Kashi Vishwanath Express that runs
between Varanasi Junction in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi Railway Station. The
main towns along the way are Pratapgarh, Amethi, Rae Bareli,Lucknow, Hardoi,
Bareilly, Moradabad, Amroha and Ghaziabad.
Daily Mail reports
of a UP mother who risked her life to
avert train tragedy after finding missing tracks. The report states that the Pratapgarh
district administration of Uttar Pradesh felicitated Shyama Patel (48) on
Sunday for her presence of mind, which helped save the lives of hundreds of
passengers travelling on the Kashi Vishwanath Express (14257) on Saturday.
Shyama’s son explained
that his illiterate mother, a resident of Chilbila area of Pratapgarh, found a
gap of about a foot in the railway tracks between Chilbila and Jagesarganj
railway stations while she was returning from the fields. Shyama said: “Unable
to immediately think what I should do, I then took off my red shawl and rushed
to the spot where there was the breach. I shuddered to see that the opening was
enough for a terrible train accident. "I
saw a train approaching from the Varanasi side. I stood between the tracks and
started swaying the shawl frantically. Although the driver noticed me and
applied the brake, the engine crossed the broken section of the track before
finally coming to a stop.”
Hats off to the
lady……. Incidentally, this is found on
Daily Mail [here is the link -
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2935559/UP-mother-risks-life-avert-train-tragedy-finding-missing-tracks.html#ixzz3QbfqDsFu
~ but different web
searches with relevant key words returned not may results; there was one in
Deccan Herald – perhaps the English
media of India did not find it worthy of
reporting !!
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
2nd Feb
2015.
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