Through PTI
MUMBAI: 3 coaches of the Dadar-Puducherry Specific (Teach no 11005) derailed close to Matunga station in Mumbai on Friday evening after the engine of the CSMT-Gadag Specific dashed it from the rear aspect, a Central Railway authentic stated.
To this point there have been no stories of somebody getting injured within the incident which came about round 9.45 pm. The incident came about an afternoon prior to the 169th anniversary of the primary run of a passenger teach in India.
The Dadar-Puducherry Chalukya Specific used to be getting into on DOWN rapid line from platform 7 of the Dadar Terminus, when the CSMT-Gadag Specific, which departed round 9.30 pm, dashed it from the rear aspect on a crossing, the authentic stated.
A video of the incident which went viral on social media confirmed that the coaches of the 2 categorical trains brushed in opposition to every different prior to the derailment. Some passengers will also be heard alerting every different whilst this occurs.
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Shivaji Sutar, leader spokesperson of Central Railway, stated that reduction trains were despatched to the website online.
The visitors at the Up and Down gradual line, which used to be suspended for a while for protection causes, were restored, he added.
Quaiser Khalid, commissioner, Executive Railway Police, stated in a tweet that there used to be a “minor collision” between the 2 down trains and the Puducherry Specific used to be being evacuated. This used to be the second one derailment at the Central Railway segment this month.
Previous, the Lokmanya Tilak-Jaynagar Specific (Pawan Specific) had derailed close to Nashik in Maharashtra on April 3, 2022.
The incident came about an afternoon prior to the 169th anniversary of railway in India. The primary passenger teach in India (and Asia) ran between Mumbai and Thane on April 16, 1853. The Indian Railway, thus enters into its one hundred and seventieth yr of provider from Saturday.