Four coaches of the Chauri Chaura Express derailed while the train was departing from Kanpur Central railway station on Wednesday evening. No passengers were injured in the incident, railway officials said.Four coaches of Chauri Chaura Express derail at Kanpur Central (HT)Train number 15003, travelling from Kanpur Anwarganj to Gorakhpur, arrived at Platform 7 and departed at 5.03 pm.
Around two minutes later, as the train was moving out of the station, coaches B4, B5, B6 and B7 derailed. One trolley of each coach went off the tracks.Deputy chief traffic manager (CTM), Kanpur Central, Akshanshu Govil said around 300 passengers were travelling in the four affected coaches and all were safe.
Railway officials and an engineering team rushed to the spot, following which restoration work was initiated. Efforts were also underway to attach the unaffected coaches and resume the train's journey at the earliest.Senior railway officials from Prayagraj were dispatched to the site.
The relief and restoration operations were being coordinated by the deputy CTM, Kanpur.Train derails in AssamThe derailment comes hours after another train accident in Assam, where five passenger coaches and the locomotive of the Kolkata-Sairang Express derailed at Digaru railway station on the outskirts of Guwahati early Wednesday morning.While the Northeast Frontier Railway initially said there were no reports of casualties, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma later said four people had sustained minor injuries and were receiving medical care.Deep DiveFollow the latest breaking news, major developments and agenda-setting stories from India and around the world with the newsdesk at Hindustan Times. Operating round the clock, the desk brings together experienced editors, reporters and correspondents to deliver fast, accurate and contextual reporting across subjects that influence public policy, governance, business, society and international affairs.
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