Following which, the rail traffic on the stretch where the crack was spotted was halted for some time for repairs.
Akshay Bali (25), the passenger, boarded the Indore-Jodhpur-Ranthambore Express at Dewas station.
"The train stopped near Karchha after running over some animal at 7.15 am. I got down and noticed that the track had cracked 30 feet away from the spot where I was standing," he told reporters.
"Before I could alert the train driver, the train chugged off, but luckily at a slow pace. I alerted railway staff on the train," he said.
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