Title - Vadodara-Surat line rail traffic restored

SURAT: Rail traffic on Vadodara-Mumbai line was restored to normalcy on Tuesday morning after it had been affected by derailment of a goods train near Karjan on Monday afternoon. Besides getting derailed, the goods train had damaged an electric pole located along the track. There were no casualties in the accident.The goods train was destined for Hazira near Surat and was coming from Vadodara. Its three bogies had derailed and damaged the electric pole which caused disruption of power supply on the stretch. This led to the movement of trains being affected. Railway officials are yet to find the reason that led to the derailment. Sources say that the incident took place when the train was on its way to the main line from a loop line.By evening, movement of trains towards Vadodara, Ahmedabad and Delhi had started with majority of the trains running late. However, the movement towards Surat could be ensured only by night after the power supply was restored and the tracks were put right.The incident had led to the cancellation of Vadodara-Valsad Intercity, while Bangalore- Ajmer Express was halted at Vadodara. The long distance trains going towards Mumbai were running late by six to seven hours till normal traffic was restored on Tuesday morning.The disruption of rail movement led to inconvenience for daily commuters in south Gujarat who had to rely on other modes of transport to reach their destinations after having waited for hours at railway stations.