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