Central Railway officials said that the passengers of cancelled trains can claim refunds from the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) centres for the next three days.
The cause of the derailment is also not known yet. Concern teams of the railways are monitoring the situation.
The Csongrad-Csanad county police said they had closed the entire width of the road during the on-site inspection and rescue. Traffic was diverted to surrounding streets.
The coaches derailed due to the sudden falling of boulders on the train.
The British Transport Police said there were no fatalities. The police force said “a number of people” were injured in the crash, but it did not give details.
Heavy rain in the wake of a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal is likely to have caused the accident on a bridge.
Seven wagons of the goods train, which was on its way to Ahmednagar from Malkhaid Road (in Karnataka) derailed between Shrigonda Road and Belvandi around 12.15 am, Central Railway's Chief Public Relations Officer Shivaji Sutar said.
Commenting on the incident, the East Coast Railway said the train departed from Hatibari at 7.24 am on Sunday at a speed of 50 kmph as elephant caution had already been imposed.
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