Indian Railways announced on Monday that it had launched an inquiry following the 70-kilometer (43-mile) uncontrolled runaway freight train carrying gravel.
On Sunday, over fifty carriages drove alone from the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir to Punjab, where they were stopped by wooden obstacles laid on the lines.
“We have ordered an inquiry,” Northern Railways spokesman Deepak Kumar told AFP, adding that no one was hurt in the incident.
A video of the train traveling at 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles per hour) went viral on social media.
According to reports from the local media, the event occurred when the train stopped at a Jammu railway station for a crew change.
But once the driver and his helper stepped off, it started to go down a slope.
To avoid accidents, all of the route’s road crossings were closed.
The latest event to affect India’s deteriorating train system, which moves millions of people every day, is this one.
Nonetheless, India has made significant financial investments to modernize the network with computerized signaling systems and stations.
