CHENNAI: Southern Railway has decided to train its motormen on how to use the joystick type throttle in three-phase suburban trains, after investigations into the recent train accident at Beach railway station revealed that the motorman had mistakenly left the throttle lever at a mild accelerating position – a little forward before the resting position.
As the throttle was still in acceleration mode, by the time the motorman realised the mistake, the braking distance was too short, and the train crashed into the dead-end platform.
