Jamshedpur, July 14: Railway traffic was disrupted following a sudden derailment of a goods train coming from Kharagpur to Tatanagar railway station yard under Chakradharpur Division of South Eastern Railway in the wee hours of Wednesday. The railway line, signal and point system were completely damaged in the mishap.
An official informed that due to derailment of empty rake of goods train at Tatanagar Yard following trains were cancelled on July 14 68010 Chakradharpur-Tatanagar Passenger, 68006 Tatanagar-Kharagpur Passenger, 68005 Kharagpur-Tatanagar Passenger, 68035 Tatanagar-Hatia-Passenger, 68036 Hatia-Tatanagar Passenger, 78031 Tatangar-Badampahar Passenger and 78032 Badampahar-Tatanagar Passenger.
Soon after the mishap, Vijay Kumar Sahu, divisional railway manager, Chakradharpur and other senior railway officers rushed to the derailment spot and started restoration work. Snacks and water bottles were provided to the passengers because the trains in Kharagpur-Tatanagar section were running behind schedule due to diversion of trains.
For the convenience of the passengers of diverted trains, two 60 seater buses and Innova Car were arranged for travel to Tatanagar from Kandra station. Help desk was also set up at Tatanagar, Chakradharpur and Rourkela for the help of passengers and for providing information about train services.
Meanwhile, 08477 Puri-Yog Nagri Rishikesh Special ran on diverted route via Kharagpur-Midnapur-Adra-Chandil-Sini-Chakradharpur, 02801 Puri-New Delhi Special via Kharagpur-Midnapur-Adra-Purulia, 02517 Howrah-Titlagarh Special via Kharagpur-Midnapur-Adra-Chandil-Sini-Chakradharpur, 02096 Howrah-Mumbai CSMT Special on diverted route via Kharagpur-Midnapur-Adra-Chandil-Sini-Chakradharpur, 03288 Rajendra Nagar-Durg Special will run on diverted route via Chakradharpur-Jharsuguda, 02586 Anand Vihar-Santragachi Special will run on diverted route via Adra-Midnapore-Kharagpur, 02876 Anand Vihar-Puri Special will run on diverted route via Adityapur-Chandil-Adra-Midnapore-Hijli, 02820 Anand Vihar-Bhubaneswar Special will run on diverted route via Tatanagar-Chandil-Adra Midnapore-Hijli, 02259 Mumbai CSTM-Howrah Special will run on diverted route via Sini-Kandra-Chandil-Adra-Midnapore-Kharagpur, 02896 Ranchi-Howrah Special will run on diverted route via Purulia-Adra-Midnapore-Kharagpur, 02833 Ahmedabad-Howrah Special will run on diverted route via Sini-Kandra-Chandil-Adra-Midnapore-Kharagpur.
08183 Tatanagar-Danapur Special has been rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 12.15 hrs instead of 08.15 hrs on 14.07.2021.
