The Central Railway has denied that maintenance work on the tracks at Vikroli station on Wednesday led to external damages in three coaches of the Maharajas Express. Instead,it claimed that investigations are underway to ascertain whether any of the footboards of train were defective and lower than usual,causing it to collide with the platform,before breaking down and clashing with the wall,break pipe and footboards of other coaches. Now the train is in Udaipur. Investigations are on to ascertain if a footboard of the train was lower,leading to the incident. As many as 104 mail and express trains and around 600 local trains pass through the route daily. But only the last few coaches of the Maharajas Express were damaged, said a senior official on the condition of anonymity. It is premature to say anything. The investigation will bring out the truth, said Rahul Jain,Divisional Railway Manager,Mumbai Division,Central Railway. After the incident on Wednesday,railway sources had said that the metallic bond plate of the OHE was loose and damaged the coaches externally. But officials of the division denied this. Passengers had to wait for four hours till the break pipe was repaired before the chartered trip resumed.
