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Over 40 injured as train derails near Vellore

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Chennai: More than 40 passengers of the Bengaluru-bound Kanyakumari-Bangalore City Express were injured after its four coaches derailed in Vellore district, around 170 km from here, according to reports.

The Southern Railway in a statement said the coaches derailed at 4.15 a.m. between Somanayakkanpatti and Patchur of the Bangalore Railway Division.

No lives were lost in the accident.

According to railways, buses were arranged to transport passengers to Bengaluru and senior officials have reached the accident spot.

Owing to the accident the Southern Railway has cancelled 11 trains between Chennai-Bengaluru, Jolarpettai-Bengaluru and Arakonam-Bengaluru.

The Chennai-Mysore Shadabdi Express for Friday has been partially cancelled between Jolarpettai and Mysore.

Similarly, the Mysore-Chennai Shadabdi Express has been partially cancelled between Mysore and Jolarpettai.

Train number 16614 between Coimbatore-Rajkot has been diverted via Tirupattur, Jolarpettai, Katpadi and Renigunta.

(Agencies)

Karnataka: 2 killed, 8 injured in train derailment

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Kalburgi: At least two persons were killed and eight others injured when nine coaches of a Mumbai-bound train derailed near Kalburgi in Karnataka early Saturday.

The incident took place at Martur village station, about 20 kilometres from Kalburgi. Two persons were killed and eight injured in the mishap, Amit Singh, Kalburgi Superintendent of Police, said.

“Two people died and eight others are injured after Mumbai-bound Lokmanya Tilak Express from Secunderabad derailed at Martur station,” he said.
Singh said nine coaches of the train derailed between 2.15 AM to 2.20 AM.

The rescue operations are on and the injured people have been rushed to Solapur Government Hospital in Maharashtra, Singh added.

(Agencies)

Chennai-Mangalore Express derails; at least 38 injured

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Chennai: At least 38 passengers of a Mangalore-bound express train were injured Friday after its five coaches derailed near Cuddalore district, about 200 kilometres from here.

Police and railway officials said that the mishap occurred around 2 a.m after five coaches of Chennai-Mangalore Express derailed at Puvanur in Vriddhachalam.

The injured have been rushed to nearby hospitals, official said, adding that the train services on the busy route were disrupted for sometimes.

However, trains were later operated on alternative route but they were running late, official added.

(Agencies)

At least 28 dead, several injured as two trains derail in MP, rescue ops on

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Bhopal: At least 28 persons were killed and 25 others injured after the seven coaches of Kamayani Express and five bogies of Janata Express derailed while crossing a swollen Machak river near Harda late last night.

Twenty four bodies, including nine men, 10 women and five kids, have been recovered so far from the mishap site between Khirkiya and Harda stations , Madhya Pradesh Public Relation Department Commissioner Anupam Rajan told PTI today.

The toll could further go up, he said. According to West Central Railway PRO Piyush Mathur seven coaches of Kamayani Express and five bogies plus the engine of Janata Express were derailed late last night as the base material on the tracks got washed away.

“Seven bogies of Kamayani Express and engine plus three coaches of Janata Express were derailed between Khirkiya and Bhirangi stations near Harda,” Mathur said. “The mishap took place around 11.30 PM on Tuesday as base material of the tracks got washed away in heavy rains.

“Nearly 25 passengers suffered injuries,” the PRO said. Divisional Commercial Railway Manager (DCRM) Brajendra Kumar said that search operation has been launched in nearby areas to find people who might have got washed away in heavy floods.

Bhopal Railway PRO said that over 250 passengers were rescued so far. A passenger of Kamayni Express, Akhilesh Pratap Singh told PTI that he along with over 150 passengers, travelling in the general class coach, were stranded on a hilltop to save themselves.

The accident relief train has reached the spot and several passengers have been brought to a nearby station. Kamayani Express enroute to Varanasi from Mumbai derailed near Harda, about 160 kms from Bhopal, and the Mumbai-Jabalpur Janata Express derailed around 11.30 late last night.

(PTI)

One killed and 100 injured as train derails in UP

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Lucknow: At least one person was killed and over 100 were injured when seven coaches of an express train bound for Jammu Tawi derailed in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, police said.

The accident took place near Sirathu station in Kaushambi district, over 170 km from here.

District officials, who rushed to the spot for relief and rescue, said that one woman was killed.

Train coaches catches fire at New Delhi Railway station yard

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New Delhi: Six bogies of the Delhi-Rajdhani Bhubaneswar Express and Sealdah Rajdhani Express caught fire at the New Delhi Railway station yard on Tuesday.

No casualties have been reported and the situation is believed to be under control.

“There are no casualties. Four coaches of Sealdah and two coaches of Bhubaneswar Rajdhani caught fire. It is under control now,” said CPRO, Northern Railway, Neeraj Sharma.

(ANI)

15 dead, 150 injured after Dehradun-Varanasi Janata Express derails in UP

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Lucknow: At least 15 passengers were feared killed and 150 injured after four bogies of Dehradun-Varanasi Janata Express derailed at Bachhrawan in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district on Friday.

According to preliminary information, the four bogies derailed as the train was passing through Bachhrawan railway station, 50km from Lucknow, around 9am. The reason behind the mishap was yet to be ascertained.

Lucknow IG Zaki Ahmad, who is supervising the relief operation, one of bogies was badly damaged and efforts were being made to cut it to rescue the trapped people.

The state government rushed medical teams and ambulances to the spot for relief work, and railway officers from Lucknow also reached the spot soon after the accident.

UP cabinet minister Manoj Pandey, who visited the site, said relief measures had been launched. He said senior police officers had also reached the spot to supervise relief operation.

He added arrangements had been made in hospitals in Lucknow and Rai Bareli for the treatment of injured people.

Minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha is likely to visit the spot in the afternoon.

Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, expressing concern over the mishap, announced Rs. 2 lakh each to the families of those who were killed and Rs. 50,000 each to the injured people.

Train accidents are common in India. The country’s railroad network is one of the world’s largest and carries more than 23 million passengers each day. Most accidents are blamed on poor maintenance and human error.

Helpline Nos:
Lucknow: 09794830973, Varanasi: 0542-2503814, Pratapgarh: 0534-2223830, Rae Bareli: 0535-05352211224

(Agencies)

Up to 12 dead in Karnataka train accident

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Bengaluru: Rescue work in progress after Bangalore -Ernakulam train derailed near Anekal in Bengaluru on Friday. PTI Photo

Bengaluru: Rescue work in progress after Bangalore -Ernakulam train derailed near Anekal in Bengaluru on Friday. PTI Photo

Bengaluru: Up to 12 passengers were killed and 25 injured when nine coaches of the Bengaluru-Eranakulam Inter-City Express derailed in Karnataka early Friday, an official said.

The incident occurred at 7.35 a.m. after the train left Anekal station towards Hosur near the border with Tamil Nadu, a railway official told IANS here.

While one railway official in Bengaluru claimed five deaths, others at the disaster site put it at 10. But Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said after speaking to a Karnataka minister that 12 people had died.

Rescuers frantically retrieved bodies from two of the coaches which telescoped into one another following the crash. The train was chugging at high speed when it went off the rails.

The train departed from the main city station here at 6.15 a.m. and covered 45 km when the disaster took place between Anekal road and Hosur town on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border.

“A disaster relief force team is at the spot for rescue and relief operations. The injured have been rushed to private and government hospitals at Anekal and Hosur,” one official said.

He said 10 of them were reported to be in serious condition.

Chandy, who spoke to Karnataka Home Minister K.J. George, told reporters in Kochi that a team led by Kerala Electricity Minister Aryadan Mohammed had left for the accident site.

Anish, a passenger on the train, told the media in Kochi over telephone that the rescue team had cut open the two coaches to shift the injured to hospitals.

Another passenger, Cyriac Mathew, said he had seen three bodies.

“The worst affected was coach D-8. I could see the bodies of two men and a woman in the coach,” said Mathew, a regular traveller on the train.

“Police and the ambulance arrived an hour after the accident,” he said.

Officials have not explained the cause of derailment. “An expert team is at the mishap spot to inspect what caused the derailment,” the official noted.

The South Western Railway has set up help desks at the Bengaluru station and the accident site to assist the injured and the stranded passengers.

The railways arranged special buses to shift the stranded passengers to Anekal and Hosur to either return to Bengaluru or to continue their onward journey to Ernakulam in Kerala via Tamil Nadu.

“We are planning to run a special train later in the day after the track is cleared,” the official added.

(IANS)

Bengaluru-Ernakulam Express derails, 8 killed, several injured

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Derailed bogies of the Bangalore-Ernakulam Expresss near Hosur on Friday.

Derailed bogies of the Bangalore-Ernakulam Expresss near Hosur on Friday.

Bengaluru: In a tragic mishap, at least 8 passengers have been killed and around 60 injured when a Bengaluru-Ernakulam bound Inter-City Express derailed near Hosur in Tamil Nadu during wees hours today.

The mishap took place near Anekal at 7:35 am today. According to Railway officials, nine coaches have been derailed.

Around six ambulances from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have rushed to the accident spot. Even local villagers are assisting the rescue team to help the injured.

The mishap occurred after the engine of the train caught fire and all the bogies got derailed.
Railway authorities have rushed rescue teams to the spot and rescue operation is on.

According to sources, many passengers are still trapped in the derailed coaches.

The injured are being rushed to nearby hospitals.

Helpline numbers

  • Bengaluru: 080-22371166, 080-22156553 and 080-22154554

  • Palakkad: 0491-2556198 and 0491-2555231

  • Thiruvananthapuram: 0471-23221205, 0471-2321237 and 09746769960

  • Ernakulam Junction: 0484-2100317, 0813699773 and 09539336040

  • Ernakulam Town: 0484-2398200

  • Thrissur:0487-2424148, 0487-2430060

  • Aluva:0484-2624143

  • Mobile Nos: 9731666751

  • At accident site: 9448090599

  • Kerala Department of Non-resident Keralites’ Affairs have opened help lines in Bangalore – 080-25305090, Ernakulam – 0484-2371830/2371810 and Thiruvananthapuram -1800-425-3939 (Toll Free), 0471-2770522

The Ernakulam-bound train, a daily train, left Bengaluru city railway station at 6.15 a.m.

About seven ambulances from Tamil Nadu and 10 from Karnataka have been dispatched to tackle the emergency situation.

The derailed coaches are D-8, D-9, D-10, D-11, two AC Chair Cars and two unreserved coaches, railway sources said. Unconfirmed reports say the locomotive of the train also caught fire and that the pantry car rammed into the adjacent D-8 coach.

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