印度火車竟朝錯誤方向開出160公里

A group of Indian farmers say they woke up shocked to find that the train they were travelling on had sped 160km (99 miles) in the "wrong direction".

一羣印度農民表示，一覺醒來，他們非常震驚的發現，他們乘坐的火車已經朝錯誤的方向開了160公里（99英里）。

About 1,500 farmers were travelling overnight to the western state of Maharashtra after taking part in a protest rally in Delhi.

有大約1500名印度農民在德里參加了一場遊行集會，之後他們搭上了一列返回西部馬哈拉施特拉邦的夜班火車。

But several hours into their journey, the group realised that the chartered train was not following the agreed route. The railway firm denies the allegation.

但是在幾個小時後，這些農民突然發現火車沒有按照原定路線行駛。不過鐵路公司否認了這一指控。

The farmers said that the train was due to reach Maharashtra via Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat states, but the route had been changed without their knowledge.

這些農民稱，這列火車本來應經過北方邦、拉賈斯坦邦和古吉拉特邦，最後到達馬哈拉施特拉邦，但實際路線卻在他們不知情的情況下發生了變化。

"We started the journey at 10pm and reached Mathura in Uttar Pradesh state past midnight. At around 4am, we realised that the train had reached the central state of Madhya Pradesh, which wasn't on our agreed route," Sagar Shambhushete, who was on the train, told the BBC.

乘坐這列火車的薩迦·苫布雪特向BBC透露：“我們於晚上10點出發，在午夜時分抵達北方的馬圖拉。凌晨4點左右，我們發現火車已經到達了中央邦的中部，這並不是原定的路線。”

Mr Shambhushete said they stopped the train and started protesting at a small station called Banmore in Madhya Pradesh.

苫布雪特稱，他們叫停了火車，並在中央邦一個叫班納爾的小站進行了抗議。

"Our lives were at risk. The train was on a wrong route, an accident could have happened. We agreed to get back on the train after the railway authorities promised us that we were safe," he said.

他表示：“我們的生命處於風險之中，火車路線錯誤，這很可能會發生事故。在鐵路部門向我們承諾安全後，我們同意返回列車上。”

But railway officials say the farmers' safety was never at risk. "Special trains are run through a route which is conveniently available to the railway operation. The passengers might have felt confused because of the different route used in their return journey. There was no negligence and diversion," the railways said in a statement.

不過鐵路官員稱，這些農民們的安全沒有任何風險。鐵路部門在一則聲明中表示：“有一些特殊列車是通過一條更方便的線路運行的。乘客們有時候可能會感到疑惑，因爲回程是另一條不同的路線。絕不存在人爲疏忽或者把乘客送錯地方這樣的事。”