ACCIDENT: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?? KANCHANJUNGHA EXPRESS & GOODS TRAIN SARASIJ MAJUMDER The automatic signaling system between Ranipatra Railway Station and Chattar Hat Junction in West Bengal, where a goods train hit Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express in the rear, was defective since 5.50 in the morning, according to a railway source. "Train No 13174 (Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express) departed Rangapani station at 8:27 am and stopped between Ranipatra railway station and Chattar Hat due to automatic signaling failure from 5:50 am," the source told PTI. He added, "Around the same time, a goods train, GFCJ, departed Rangapani at 8:42 am and hit 13174 in the rear portion resulting from the derailment of the guard's coach, two parcel coaches and a general seating coach." This accident has brought renewed attention to the railways' automatic train protection system, "Kavach", which was not available for the subject segment. “The dead driver of the ...