An untidy poorly maintained sleeper coach attached to Hazrat Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Superfast Express has triggered a protest on social media. The photos of the train (Train No: 12643) taken at Palakkad railway station and uploaded on Twitter by a passenger with a tag line “How can you send such disgusting and old coaches for service. How unsafe are these. Shameful” has created ripples on social media, forcing the Southern Railways to issue a clarification.
The photos uploaded on Twitter on July 5 were viewed by 3,28,600 users till July 9 with many expressing shock and dismay. Moved by the visuals, the Southern Railway clarified that “It is largely due to monsoonal rain and wearing out of paint on a/c of unauthorised graffiti that was removed later. They are absolutely safe. Brand new LHB rake is being inducted into this train service from September 5. However suitable action will be taken on return,” the tweet by southern railways said.
