In a major collision, eight wagons of a goods train overturned after it derailed and collided with a maintenance train at Ondagram railway station in Bankura district of West Bengal on June 25.
Around 4 a.m. on Sunday, a goods train overshot the red signal and hit a stationary maintenance train. This led to derailment of the trains. While the train lines remained closed for nearly four hours after the accident, the services were restored by 7.45 a.m.
A locopilot, assistant locopilot and two chief loco inspectors have been suspended, a spokesperson of Southeastern Railways said. Overshooting the red signal is considered a grave offence and can cost the loco pilot and others involved their jobs.
