Lucknow-Varanasi Route Blocked As Goods Trains Collide Head-On

Lucknow: Traffic on the Lucknow-Varanasi route was disrupted after two goods trains collided head-on near Sultanpur Junction in the early hours of Thursday.

While six coaches were derailed, pilot of a goods train was injured in the accident, which happened due to the arrival of two goods trains on the same track near the southern cabin of Sultanpur Junction. Many trains including Delhi-Varanasi Mahamana Express were stopped at different railway stations, additional divisional railway manager of Northern Railway, Varanasi, Ravi Chaturvedi, told TOI.

According to IANS, the engines of both the goods trains have been damaged. Senior railway officials have reached the spot and the work of clearing the track is on.