New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI) The Sabarmati Express train derailed between Kanpur and Bhimsen station in Uttar Pradesh at 2:30 am on Saturday, a Railway Board official said.
“No injury to any person has been reported as of now. We are trying to find details regarding the number of coaches derailed,” the official said.
“The loco pilot said that some boulder hit the cattle guard (front portion) of the engine which had got badly damaged and bent,” he added.
According to the Railways, seven trains have been cancelled and three diverted due to the derailment. Shashi Kant Tripathi, Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO) of the North Central Railway Zone, under which the accident site falls, said that buses were arranged to carry passengers from the accident site to the Kanpur Railway Station. “Besides, an eight coaches MEMU train departed from Kanpur to the accident site to carry passengers back to Kanpur so that further arrangements can be done to send them to their respective destinations,” Tripathi said. PTI JP GSP
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