Open level crossing gate despite approaching train causes commotion near Katpadi

On the night of September 17, 2025, the Express Train approached a level of leveling, which was open to road traffic near Katpadi and led to a heated word exchange between road users and Gateman.

According to railway sources, Gateman, a telecommunications failure, the train station where the train left disrupted the theme between the station master was unaware of the upcoming express train.

The incident occurred between the Polur and Mathimangalam railway stations in the Southern Railway Department of Tiruchi. Eyewitnesses said that the train was constantly stealing the horns as the train approached the open level and that he wanted the road users to confront Gateman, who claimed that he had given up the task. The sources said that the door was closed and the train was safely passed.

Communication error

A senior railway official Hindu A telecommunication failure on Saturday leads to the event. “Since Gateman could not be reached, a attention order was given to Lokopilota at a limited speed towards the door. As a locked level transition, the signal turned to ‘danger’. After looking at the train, Gateman watched the standard procedure and locked the door that allowed the train to pass.”

Authority said that there was no violation of security guidelines and that an investigation was ordered about the incident. “Telecommunication failure only affected the train punctuality,” he said.

Alapakkam train station near the life of three school students, including a tragic collision, including the latest accidents in various regions in various regions after the latest accidents, the Ministry of Railways issued a new security consultancy aimed at preventing similar events.

Expressing his serious concerns about the repetitive mishaps, the railway board has guided all regional railways to ensure the unauthorized visibility of both road traffic and explosion barriers on the door operating panel to provide timely and safe operations. “Gatemen should ensure that there is no vehicle between explosion barriers before starting the door closure,” he said.

Confiation Monitor

Describing the accidents as “unfortunate” events, the railway board asked the general administrators of Zonal Railways to follow the compliance with the security protocols and to enable them to be implemented throughout the network.

Consulting asked senior officials to check and approve all road safety devices such as signals/signals, hooters and speed breakers and that they were in a suitable working situation to warn the road users. In addition, all business facilities required for safe door operation and emergency processing should be ensured that in the door working rules (GWR), it should be functional in each level transition.

The authorities were also told that Gatemen’s regular consultancy and trainings were made with the systematic controls of the level gates in order to evaluate both routine and emergency procedures.