Tag: Derailment

Goods Train Derails In Mathura, UP

Bhubaneswar: The derailment of Kalinga Utkal Express on August 19 occurred due to ‘Failure of Railway Staff’ read a preliminary report submitted by Commissioner of Railway Safety, Northern Circle on Tuesday. A statutory inquiry into the derailment of train number 18477 – Puri-Haridwar Kalinga Utkal Express – between Khatauli-Mansurpur stations of Delhi Saharanpur section under […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railways today diverted some Odisha bound trains including Rajdhani Express running from New Delhi following derailment of Azamgarhg-Delhi Kaifiyat Express in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh today that left around 50 injured. New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express leaving New Delhi on August 22 will run via Kanpur-Lucknow-Muradabad-Gaziabad, a Railway statement said. Similarly, New […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odia passengers who were injured in Utkal Express derailment at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh two days ago returned to Bhubaneswar on Monday. A team of BJD members led by Transport Minister Nrusingha Sahu landed in State Capital with the five injured passengers.  “Out of five injured, Madhu Mandal of Banpur and Sabita Mallik […]

Bhubaneswar: The government of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh today announced compensation for the families of their respective citizens who lost lives in the Hirakhand Express accident. The Odisha government has declared Rs 5 lakh compensation each to the family of deceased from the State and free treatment of the injured who are undergoing treatment at […]

New Delhi: At least two coaches of a Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express derailed on Thursday after it was hit by a truck near Thandla in Madhya Pradesh, an official said. The truck driver was killed in the accident. Rajesh Dutt Bajpai, Media and Corporate Communication Director, Railway Ministry, told IANS here that the incident took place […]

New Delhi: The engine of a goods train derailed in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur on Tuesday, an official said. The incident happened around 7 a.m. when the train was somewhere between the Sitapur city and cantonment stations. “It was the middle engine of the goods train which derailed… Two engines were being used for the train,” the […]

New Delhi: Following three train derailments on Thursday, the Congress slammed the Narendra Modi government, saying it should be renamed the “derailment sarkar”. “Third train derailment today (Thursday). Safety in shambles. Modi Sarkar should be renamed as ‘Derailment Sarkar’,” tweeted Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala. Three train derailments rocked the Railways within a span of […]

New Delhi: Railways suspended two officials Thursday over the derailment of the New Farakka Express, senior officials said. The officials said that the signal inspector and the electrical signal maintainer were suspended to facilitate the probe. “The indications are that the cause of the accident was prima facie wrong signalling. We have suspended the two […]