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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityAsiaChinaIndiaRunaway Indian train travels 70km without driverPublished2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ANIImage caption, The train, carrying chip stones, was on its way to Punjab from JammuBy Meryl SebastianBBC News, KochiThe Indian Railways has ordered an investigation after a freight train travelled more than 70km (43.4 miles) without drivers.Videos shared on social media showed the train zooming past several stations at high speed.Reports say the train ran without a driver from Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir to Hoshiarpur district in Punjab on Sunday.The railways says the train was brought to a halt and no-one was hurt.Officials told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency that the incident took place between 07:25 and 09:00 local time (01:55 and 3:30 GMT) on Sunday.The 53-wagon train, carrying chip stones, was on its way to Punjab from Jammu when it stopped in Kathua for a change in crew.Officials say it began moving down a slope on the railway tracks after the train driver and his assistant got off.The train moved at a speed of nearly 100km/h and managed to cross about five stations before it was stopped.Soon after being alerted about the moving train, officials closed off railway crossings along its path.”The train was stopped after a railway official placed wood blocks on the tracks to stop the train,” officials told PTI.The wooden blocks helped reduce the speed of the train.Officials told PTI they are trying to identify the exact reason for the train’s movement after it stopped at Kathua to avoid such incidents in the future. Read more India stories from the BBC:Bengal famine: Searching for lost voices from WW2’s forgotten tragedyIndia town out on streets over elephant attacksZoo asked to change lions’ ‘blasphemous’ namesIndia state bans candy floss over cancer riskOne dead in India’s farming protests – officialRelated TopicsAsiaIndiaTop StoriesMidlands and north to get ‘reallocated’ HS2 fundsPublished7 hours agoWhat’s gone wrong at Royal Mail?Published7 hours agoDiverse areas face car insurance ‘ethnicity’ billPublished6 hours agoFeaturesWhat’s gone wrong at Royal Mail?Welsh miners in Ukraine to repay 1984 strike help’My bank manager stole $1.9m from my account’Diverse areas face car insurance ‘ethnicity’ billThe converted landmark buildings given new lifeIn pictures: Celebrating the Lantern FestivalDissent is dangerous in Putin’s Russia, but activists refuse to give upThe winners and nominees at the SAG AwardsInside the long-abandoned tunnel beneath the ClydeElsewhere on the BBC’No script, no prep, no clue’Mike Wozniak plays host to a comedy game show that is entirely improvised…AttributionSoundsNine out-of-this-world moments from space explorationFrom the new generation of mega rockets to mini helicopters on Mars…AttributioniPlayerThe news remixed into weird shapes…Welcome to The Skewer, a twisted comedy treatAttributionSoundsFrom a stair-climbing chair to special apartmentsDiscover the projects that make life easier for older people AttributionSoundsMost Read1’I wish I had never touched leasehold flats’2What’s gone wrong at Royal Mail?3Diverse areas face car insurance ‘ethnicity’ bill4Midlands and north to get ‘reallocated’ HS2 funds5Military personnel ‘to quit’ over housing rules6More young people out of work due to health, study says7Airman sets himself on fire at US Israeli embassy8’Islamophobia row’ and ‘generation sicknote’9’Fewer children will be born’: Alabama embryo ruling divides devout Christians10’My bank manager stole $1.9m from my account’
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