Fourth derailment in three days; many trains delayed

BAREILLY: Days after three trains derailed within 12 hours on March 25-26, wheels of a coal-laden goods train jumped tracks on the

Lucknow-Delhi

line near

Dhaneta

railway station around 2.45 pm on Thursday.
Upon getting information about the accident, senior railway officials from Moradabad division headquarters rushed to the spot. Traffic inspector

Adil Zia Siddiqi

, who was at the spot, told TOI, “Wheels of a wagon jumped the track. Engineers are trying to find out the reason behind derailment.”

According to railway officials, due to derailment, four trains were diverted via Chandausi to Moradabad. “Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express (15933), Guwahati Express (15909), Howrah-Haridwar (12369) and Janseva Express (15209) have been diverted from

Bareilly Cantt

to Moradabad via Chandausi,” said Bareilly junction station master Bharat Arya.

Nagaria station master S C Sagar told TOI, “There was no sign of any technical glitch in the goods train that passed by our station at 2.38 pm. Signals were down and we watched the train carefully. There was no smoke or any other sign to hint us about any fault in the wheels. Track was also accurate as another goods train had passed at 2.10 pm without any hassle.”

Vineet Saxena, a private bank official, who commutes to Moradabad daily in train, said, “Though all derailments during the past three days were minor, the movement of trains was affected. On Monday morning, after a derailment, the traffic had come to a halt for couple of hours and I reached office in Moradabad two hours late. Similarly, today (Thursday), I returned home late by two hours. Besides this, safety is a major concern for us.”