A preliminary joint inspection report on the Odisha train tragedy has indicated that the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express entered a “loop line” instead of the “main line”. This happened when the signal was “given and taken off” for the train to enter the “main line”.
As a result, it collided with a stationary goods train and derailed. In the meantime, the Howrah Express passed through the main line and two of its coaches derailed.
