At least 53 wagons of a coal-laden goods train derailed near Gurpa railway station on the Gaya-Koderma section in Dhanbad division of the East Centraꦡl Railway (ECR) in the early hours of Wednesday, disru🧸pting rail traffic, officials said.
People could be seen fleeing from the spot as an engine dragged a wagon of the derailed go✃ods train after the derailment..
The incident took placಞe around 6.24 am between Koderma and Manpur railway stations of the Dhanbad division, East Cꦚentral Railway (ECR) said in a statement.
“The exact cause of this is yet to be known. Railway teams have started worജk to restore the lines,” a senior official of the ECR Zone said.
Nobody was injured due to the derailment, he said
According to a statement by the East Central Railway (ECR), ten trains were diverted to other routes an🍃d four were p🏅artially terminated following the incident.
Rail traffic of bo🉐th the Up and Down lines of the seꦺction. were disrupted owing to the massive derailment.
The video of the incident is making rounds 𓃲on soci🗹al media and the incident triggered panic near the railway station.
“On 26.10.2022, 53 wagons of a coal-laden goods train derailed at Gurpa station between Koderma and Manpur railway section of Dhanbad division at 06.24 am today, resulting in disrup🀅tion of rail traffic on Up and Down lines. There have been no casualties in the incident,” East Central Railway said in a bulletin on Tw𝓡itter.
Ten trains were diverted to other routes and four were partially terminated following the incident, the statement said. Railway has also issued helpline ꧟numbers for the convenience of passengers in view of the derailment of goods train at Gurpa under Dhanbad division.
