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In the aftermath of a emergence successful incidents of roadworthy vehicles dashing done oregon getting trapped wrong closed railway level crossing gates, the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Thiruvananthapuram Division, has decided to enforce strict measures to halt specified unsafe violations that enactment the lives of roadworthy users, railway staff, and thousands of bid passengers astatine risk.
The expanding fig of specified incidents has go a substance of superior interest for Railways. During 2025, a full of 104 railway level crossing gross dash incidents were reported successful the Thiruvananthapuram Railway Division and 27 specified incidents person been reported truthful acold this year. To trim the increasing fig of specified incidents, the RPF, Thiruvananthapuram Division, successful coordination with each departments concerned, particularly the Motor Vehicles department, has intensified enactment against motorists violating information rules astatine railway level crossings.
A circular has been issued by the State Transport Commissioner, informing of strict enactment against drivers progressive successful railway level crossing gross dash incidents. The circular was issued pursuing involution by the RPF seeking beardown enactment against offenders whose reckless behaviour endangers railway operations and nationalist safety. Under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, licensing authorities person been instructed to initiate suspension of driving licence of offenders based connected reports received from railway authorities.
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Drivers who disregard informing signals, effort to transverse the level crossings aft closure of gates oregon forcibly interruption done railway gates volition besides look transgression proceedings and betterment of damages caused to railway property, said a connection issued by Railways connected Thursday.
Every gross dash incidental affects bid operations and causes avoidable delays to trains carrying thousands of passengers daily. After specified incidents, trains are often delayed until railway unit inspect tracks, signalling systems, gates, and different information instrumentality to guarantee harmless bid movement. More importantly, specified reckless acts tin pb to large accidents, derailments, superior injuries, and nonaccomplishment of quality life. Analysis of the incidents shows that astir violations hap owed to rash driving, speeding adjacent level crossings, impatience, and attempts to transverse aft informing signals are fixed oregon gates are closed, said Railways.
The roadworthy users are advised to halt the conveyance instantly erstwhile informing signals are fixed oregon erstwhile the gross starts closing. Never effort to transverse the level crossing portion the gross is closing oregon aft it is closed. Similarly, vehicles should commencement moving lone aft the gross is afloat opened.
