(1) In case a train is unusually delayed beyond twenty minutes of the normal running time or earlier if the circumstances so require, the Station Master on duty at the station in advance shall immediately contact Loco pilot on the approved voice communication to ascertain the reason for the delay and to satisfy that all is well with the train or if any precaution are to be taken for running subsequent train on the same or adjacent line and measures are required to be taken for rescue and relief of the affected train or obstruction, if any.
(2) In case the Loco pilot does not respond, bring it to the notice of the Station Master of the station in rear and to the controller to this fact. Thereafter on double or multiple lines, the Station Master at either end of the block section shall immediately stop all trains proceeding in the block section on adjacent line or lines in either direction and warn the Loco pilots of such trains by issue of suitable caution orders, with instruction to ascertain the whereabouts and the condition of the delayed train and inform.
In case of single line, the Station Master at either or both ends shall despatch a railway servant by the fastest mode available to ascertain the whereabouts and the condition of the delayed train.
268 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]