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It wouldn’t have taken so long for the rescue process had the passengers cooperated a bit,” Banerjee added. Truncated services were maintained between Noapara and Maidan and Mahanayak Uttam Kumar and Kavi Subhash during the rescue operations. The doors of coaches could not be opened as most of the train was still inside the tunnel. The motorman made repeated announcements over the public-address system on the train, urging passengers to move towards the front and get off using the door in his cabin. The motorman then manually opened two coach doors that were facing the platform..