Local train operations on trans-harbour line of Mumbai suburban local network were stalled as two carriages of a train derailed near Thane. The incident took place around 7 pm on Sunday (August 11) between Thane and Airoli on trans harbour railway line.
Heavy rains have been lashing Mumbai since the onset of monsoons. Heavy downpour resulted in severe water logging at various places, while roads leading to airports and stations were heavily jam-packed. Goods train derailment in Mumbai led to the cancellation and diversion of several trains, while local trains will not be affected.
According to the official, one of the carriages of the Upaban Express, heading to Dhaka from Sylhet, fell into a canal while two others fell close to the canal's banks.
The accident led to a delay in several Agartala, Guwahati and Kolkata bound trains in different locations in Assam and Tripura.
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At least ten coaches of a train derailed near Bihar's Chhapra, causing injuries to four people.
There was no report of any casualty, the senior railway official said, adding, trains on the route have either been diverted, cancelled or short-terminated.
Basawan Singh, a resident of Sahadei Buzurg block in Vaishali district, where the accident took place, said he initially mistook the accident for a bomb explosion.
No one was injured in the accident that occurred between Bhogpur and Panskura stations in Howrah-Kharagpur section of SER at 7.10 am, spokesman Sanjay Ghosh said.
Video footage obtained by local media showed the train striking and toppling a beam and ripping down metal structures from above the tracks as it crashed.
The crash on the popular east coast line on Sunday, which left the Puyuma Express lying zig-zagged across the tracks, also injured 187 passengers.
Acording to Taiwan's railway administration, the Puyuma express train was carrying more than 300 passengers toward Taitung, a city on Taiwan's southeast coast, when it went off the tracks on Sunday afternoon.
Railway has begun reconstruction of the track in order to restore the services on the route.
The railways has announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for the kin of those dead and Rs 1 lakh for those seriously injured.
Three coaches of a goods train derailed near Mathura on Wednesday morning, affecting train movements on Kasganj-Achhnera rail route in Uttar Pradesh.
Three trains - Duronto Express, Hatia-Anand Vihar Express and Mahabodhi Express - were found to be running on the same railway track in Allahabad.
The incident comes hours after the Howrah-Jabalpur Express derailed near Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh this morning, which was believed to be a result of damaged tracks
Several coaches of the Delhi-bound Kaifiyat Express derailed in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh this morning after the train collided with a dumper.
Several coaches of the Delhi-bound Kaifiyat Express derailed in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh this morning after the train collided with a dumper, leaving over 70 injured.
There have been 586 train accidents in the last five years with the Utkal Express derailment on Saturday being the latest.
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