Locomotive of Hyderabad Express derails, no injuries reported

18 July,2017 07:21 PM IST |   |  Agencies

The locomotive of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Hyderabad Express this afternoon derailed after it collided with a fallen boulder on middle line between Thakurwadi-Monkey hill stations


The locomotive of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Hyderabad Express this afternoon derailed after it collided with a fallen boulder on middle line between Thakurwadi-Monkey hill stations, a senior Central Railway official said.

"The train which left CSMT at 12.45 pm was passing through the ghat section when the incident occurred," said Chief PRO of Central Railway Sunil Udasi.

No injury has been reported and Accident Relief Train (ART) from Kalyan has been dispatched to rerail the train, he said adding senior railway officials are visiting the spot to take the stock of the situation.

On January 31, a railway employee had lost his life while three others, including two contractual labourers, were injured when a boulder fell on them in a section near Lonavla on the Pune-Mumbai route.

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