Indian Railways News => | Topic started by puneetmafia on Jul 16, 2012 - 09:02:08 AM |
Title - Derailment disrupts train movementPosted by : puneetmafia on Jul 16, 2012 - 09:02:08 AM |
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VARANASI: Derailment of 26 coal-laden wagons of a goods train near Bhabua railway station in Kaimur district in Bihar on Thursday night disrupted the train movement on the busy Howrah-New Delhi route."The movement of all passenger and mail trains had been affected on this route due to derailment. We are trying to restore train traffic through loop line as soon as possible," additional divisional railway manager of Mughalsarai division of East Central Railway (ECR) Ramesh Chandra said while talking with TOI over phone on Friday. It seems that the derailment occurred due to fault in the rail tracks. The exact reason will come out only after investigation. The restoration work was in full swing.The derailment took place on Gaya-Mughalsarai section of the ECR. The train was heading to Mughalsarai from Dhanbad. All the passenger trains were being diverted to different routes. Trains like Howrah Rajdhani Express, Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express, Sealdah Rajdhani Express and Jammu Tawi Mail were diverted to Gaya-Patna route. Other trains were diverted to Gomo-Barka-Chunar route and Jhaja-Patna-Mughalsarai route. |