The tracks will be repaired during this period, an official said. According to N F Railway officials 13 goods laden wagons derailed around 6.40am. The cause of derailment will be ascertained after an enquiry, the officials said.
South Central Railway spokesperson said that wheel of the pantry car of the Kerala Express broke while it was entering Yerpedu railway station in Chittoor district of Andhra pradesh.
No passenger has been injured, Kumar said. Following the derailment, rail traffic at the station was disrupted for some time. Kumar said senior officials have reached the station and are probing the cause of the derailment.
Suburban train services were briefly affected as a local train coach derailed between Kings Circle and Mahim stations on Wednesday.
Local train operations on trans-harbour line of Mumbai suburban local network were stalled as two carriages of a train derailed near Thane. The incident took place around 7 pm on Sunday (August 11) between Thane and Airoli on trans harbour railway line.
Heavy rains have been lashing Mumbai since the onset of monsoons. Heavy downpour resulted in severe water logging at various places, while roads leading to airports and stations were heavily jam-packed. Goods train derailment in Mumbai led to the cancellation and diversion of several trains, while local trains will not be affected.
Howrah-Jagadalpur Samaleswari Express met with an accident between Singapur Road and Keutguda after hitting a Tower Car engaged in working in that section.
According to the official, one of the carriages of the Upaban Express, heading to Dhaka from Sylhet, fell into a canal while two others fell close to the canal's banks.
The accident led to a delay in several Agartala, Guwahati and Kolkata bound trains in different locations in Assam and Tripura.
Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express derails: The railways has issued helpline numbers: 1072, 9454403738, 9454401463, 9454401075, 9454400384 and 0512- 23333111/112/113.
At least ten coaches of a train derailed near Bihar's Chhapra, causing injuries to four people.
The train was on its way from Delhi to Kalka when the accident happened at 6:49 am.
There was no report of any casualty, the senior railway official said, adding, trains on the route have either been diverted, cancelled or short-terminated.
Goods train derail near Katihar, rail route effected
Basawan Singh, a resident of Sahadei Buzurg block in Vaishali district, where the accident took place, said he initially mistook the accident for a bomb explosion.
A massive crowd of locals, which has descended on the site of the accident, is creating hurdle for the rescue workers to carry out the operations. Some miscreants even pelted stones at the NDRF and Railway Police allegedly for not allowing them near the train wreak.
No one was injured in the accident that occurred between Bhogpur and Panskura stations in Howrah-Kharagpur section of SER at 7.10 am, spokesman Sanjay Ghosh said.
Video footage obtained by local media showed the train striking and toppling a beam and ripping down metal structures from above the tracks as it crashed.
At least 18 people were killed and over 187 injured when a speeding train smashed into a railway station in Taiwan's Luodong on Sunday
The crash on the popular east coast line on Sunday, which left the Puyuma Express lying zig-zagged across the tracks, also injured 187 passengers.
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