Rail accident: Services, including Nagercoil Jn.- Dibrugarh Special passing through Kerala, diverted
Kolkata: The Railways Department on Monday announced the diversion of 24 trains following the collision between the Kanchanjunga Express and a goods train in West Bengal.
The trains whose routes have been diverted include:
- 19602 New Jalpaiguri - Udaipur City Weekly Express of 17.06
- 20503 Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express of 16.06.24
- 12423 Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express of 16.06.24
- 01666 Agartala - Rani Kamlapati Special train of 16.06.24
- 12377 Sealdah- New Alipurduar Padatik Express of 16.06.24
- 06105 Nagercoil Jn.- Dibrugarh Special of 14.06.24
- 20506 New Delhi- Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express of 16.06.24
- 12424 New Delhi- Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express of 16.06.24
- 22301 Howrah- New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express of 17.06.24
- 12346 Guwahati- Howrah Saraighat Express of 17.06.24
- 12505 Kamakhya- Anand Vihar Northeast Express of 17.06.24.
- 12510 Guwahati- Bengaluru Express of 17.06.24
- 22302 New Jalpaiguri- Howrah Vande Bharat Express of 17.06.24
- 15620 Kamakhya- Gaya Express of 17.06.24
- 15962 Dibrugarh- Howrah Kamrup Express of 17.06.24
- 15636 Guwahati- Okha Express of 17.06.24
- 15930 New Tinsukia- Tambaram Express of 17.06.24
- 13148 Bamanhat- Sealdah Uttar Banga Express of 17.06.24
- 22504 Dibrugarh- Kanyakumari Express of 17.06.24
- 13142 New Alipurduar- Sealdah Teesta Torsa Express of 17.06.24
- 12344 Haldibari- Sealdah Darjeeling Mail of 17.06.24
- 12378 New Alipurduar- Sealdah Padatik Express of 17.06.24
- 15651 Guwahati- Jammu Tawi Lohit Express of 17.06.24
- 15658 Kamakhya- Delhi Brahmaputra Mail of 17.06.24
According to railway officials, these trains have been diverted to the Bagdogra-Siliguri-New Jalpaiguri line via Aluabari junction.
The train 06105 Nagercoil Jn.- Dibrugarh Special that passes through Kerala arrived at New Jalpaiguri (NJP) on 17 June at 4:08 pm.
The trains were scheduled to pass the area where two compartments of the Kanchanjunga Express were struck by a goods train between New Jalpaiguri and Rangapani stations.
Rescue and disaster management teams have already separated the affected compartments from the main train. The train, with the unaffected compartments still attached, has resumed its journey towards Sealdah.
Meanwhile, efforts are underway to clear the adjacent railway track where some derailed compartments shifted. Large JCB machines were deployed to clear the tracks. Railway officials stated that once the track is cleared, train services through that route would return to normal.
Inputs from IANS