According to officials, the Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express, the first high-speed passenger train after the triple train accident, passed on the restored tracks from Balasore on Monday morning.
He said that the Vande Bharat Express reached Bahanaga Bazar station on Monday at around 9.30 am.
Officials said Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav was present at the accident site and waved to the drivers when the semi-rapid train passed by.
Vaishnav said the repair work on both the up line and down line tracks got over on Sunday night.
Around 10.40 pm, a coal-laden goods train from Vizag Port to Rourkela Steel Plant crossed the same track.
At 7 pm on 2 June, the Coromandel Express collided with a stationary goods train, destroying most of its carriages.
The last coaches of the Bengaluru-Howrah Express, which was passing at the same time, were hit by some coaches of the Coromandel.
The three-train derailment may have been caused by human error, faulty signals, or other factors.
Meanwhile, in the wake of the horrific triple train accident in Odisha’s Balasore on Friday, June 2, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav on Sunday said that his aim is to ensure that the families of those who went missing are traced at the earliest. Can be put
“Our aim is to ensure that the family members of the missing people find them as soon as possible… Our responsibility is not over yet,” Vaishnav told reporters on Sunday night.
Also, 51 hours after the horrific triple train accident in Balasore that resulted in at least 275 deaths and over 1,000 injuries, he shook hands with the crew of a goods train.
He prayed for a safe journey as services resumed after repairing damaged tracks on both the Up and Down lines.
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