An investigation into India's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades is underway, with preliminary findings pointing at a signal failure as the likely cause of the collision that led to the death of 275 people.
The collision of three trains took place at Bahanaga Bazar Railway Station in Balasore district, in the eastern state of Odisha.
The Bahanaga station has electrified double tracks and adjacent loops which are side tracks used to park trains.THE TRAINS INVOLVED * Howrah Superfast Express, which runs from the tech hub Bengaluru in southern India to Howrah in the east, was running at 126 kilometre per hour.Shortly after sunset, at about 6:55 pm IST on June 2, Coromandel Express and Howrah Superfast Express were moving on parallel tracks in opposite directions, with neither of them scheduled to stop at the station.A malfunction with the signal system is suspected to have led to the accident.
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