Kanpur: In yet another train accident, 20 coaches of 19168 Sabarmati Express, which runs from Varanasi to Ahmedabad, derailed between Kanpur and Bhimsen stations in Uttar Pradesh early on Saturday morning. The derailment is believed to happen after its engine struck an object on the tracks. However, no casualties or injuries have been reported yet.
According to the Indian Railways, the loco pilot believed that some boulder hit the cattle guard (front portion) of the engine, badly damaging it. The railways cancelled seven trains on that route and diverted three others. Passengers of the ill-fated Sabarmati Express were put on another train to Ahmedabad.
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Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the engine of Sabarmati Express had hit an object placed on the track and derailed near Kanpur at 02:35 am today. “Sharp hit marks are observed. Evidence is protected. IB and UP police are also working on it. No injuries to passengers or staff. Train arranged for passengers for onward journey to Ahmedabad,” he wrote on X.
Officials of the Indian Railways said that railway protection force (RPF) and law enforcement agencies were probing into the involvement of anti-social elements in the incident as a Patna-Indore train had crossed the tracks uninterrupted an hour before the Sabarmati Express.
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Earlier, two coaches of the Rani Kamlapati-Saharsa special passenger train derailed in Madhya Pradesh on Aug 12 Monday evening. The incident took place at 6:10pm when the train was about to enter Itarsi station. No casualties were reported in the incident which occurred.
Official said that the train was about to enter platform number 2 when its two compartments derailed. A potential tragedy was averted as the train was running at a speed of less than 5 km when the derailment happened.
Recent train accidents
March 10, 2024: The locomotive of the Visakhapatnam-Bhawanipatna passenger special train derailed while starting from the downline loop near Kottavalasa railway station in Vizianagaram
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June 17, 2024:A freight train hit the Kanchanjunga Express near Rangapani railway station near West Bengal. Ten people reported dead and at least 60 injured.
July 18, 2024: 12 coaches of Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express train derailed in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh resulting in atleast two dead and 25 injured.
July 30, 2024: Mumbai-Howrah Mail derailed in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district, killing at least two and injuring 20.
August 12, 2024: Two coaches of Rani Kamlapati-Saharsa special passenger train derailed in Madhya Pradesh
August 17, 2024: At least 20 coaches of the Sabarmati Express passenger train derailed between Kanpur and Bhimsen station in Uttar Pradesh at 2:30 a.m., a Railway Board official said. No injuries were reported.
