Jabalpur: Two coaches of the Indore-Jabalpur Express train derailed around 5.40 am on Saturday near Jabalpur station in Madhya Pradesh, railway officials said. No passenger was injured in the derailment. The incident occurred when the train was barely 50 metres from the platform.
Restoration work is underway. The Railways has also set up a committee to probe the incident, according to reports.
“Two coaches of the Indore-Jabalpur Superfast Express (22191) derailed when the train was approaching platform number 6 of the Jabalpur station,” an official said, as quoted by NDTV.
The derailed coaches were positioned just behind the engine.
“The train’s scheduled arrival time is 5.35 am. The derailment occurred at 5.38 am when the train was about to enter the Jabalpur station. The loco pilot immediately stopped the train and saved other coaches from getting dragged,” said Madhur Verma, senior Divisional Commercial Manager (DCM) of WCR’s Jabalpur Rail Division, as quoted by PTI.
The traffic on the adjoining tracks was stopped for around half an hour. However, there was no major impact on the railway traffic.
Harshit Shrivastava, chief public relations officer of the West Central Railway claimed that the train was running at the dead-stop speed of 5 kmph at the time of derailment.
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