Videos shared on social media showed the 53-wagon goods train, which was carrying chip stones, zooming past several stations at high speed after leaving Kathua.

Key Points

  • A driverless goods train in India traveled over 40 miles (70 km) reaching nearly 62 mph (100 km/h) before being stopped safely.
  • The incident occurred on Sunday morning when the train, carrying chip stones, stopped to change crew and was left without the handbrake applied.
  • Officials used wooden blocks on the tracks to slow down and eventually stop the train, preventing a potential accident.
  • No injuries were reported.
  • The cause of the incident is under investigation, and railway crossings were closed as a precaution.
  • In June, more than 280 people died in a train crash in the Balasore district of Odisha, near the Bay of Bengal.