According to a report by news agency ANI, the incident took place at 11.10 am while the station is located about 30 km east of Etawah.
The incident took place near Gurudwara Bhattha Sahib when the train was returning from Ropar Thermal Plant after unloading coal, officials said.
The wagons have been badly damaged, rail tracks have got uprooted due to the accident, sources in the railways said.
Both the long haul trains comprised of empty open wagons for loading of coal meant for predominantly thermal power stations.
Four wagons of a goods train derailed in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on July 10.
Union Health Ministry, Joint Secretary, Lav Agarwal informed that under Indian Railways, around 1.25 lakh wagons have been operated in the last 5 days.
On March 23, a total of 26,577 wagons were loaded with essential commodities, which included 1,168 wagons of food grain, 42 wagons of fruits and vegetables, 42 of onion, 42 of sugar, 168 of salt, 20 of milk, 22,473 of coal and 2,322 of petroleum products.
Train services were halted on Harbour line after two wagons of a freight train derailed near Kurla railway station here late on Tuesday night.
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