The Delhi-Mumbai rail route has been damaged after a bogie of a goods train derailed in Mathura. More than 100 trains passing through here have been affected. 34 trains have been cancelled. At the same time, many trains are being run on diverted routes. The railway has said that the railway track will be repaired in two days. There are four railway lines on the Delhi-Mumbai railway route. But, 26 coaches of a goods train were badly damaged due to derailment on 3 routes on Wednesday.
Routes of 60 trains changed on Delhi-Mumbai track
More than 100 trains running on the Delhi-Mumbai rail route were affected after 26 coaches derailed between Vrindavan Road station and Azai on Wednesday. According to the railways, 34 trains had to be cancelled and more than 60 were diverted. Eight trains have been partially cancelled. A railway official said that many trains will remain cancelled on Friday as well and the rest will be diverted. He said that trains reached Agra with a delay of 6 to 8 hours. The cancelled trains also include premium trains like Bhopal Shatabdi, Bhopal Vande Bharat, Gatiman Express.
Trains that stop on the same line
Trains are being run one after another from the fourth down line on the Delhi-Mumbai rail route. Due to the operation of a single line, many other big trains including Rajdhani are running late from Agra to Mathura. After the route of one train is cleared, the other train is being moved forward. Railway officials have said, 'At the time of the accident, the goods train was going on the main down line. After the accident, a large part of the main upline and main downline has been badly damaged. Work is being done to remove the crooked tracks and lay new tracks.
1820 tons of coal was obtained from the soil
It is believed that it may take a long time to complete the work of up mainline and down mainline. 1820 tonnes of coal loaded in the goods train overturned and got buried in the soil at the spot itself. This coal was brought in the goods train from Surajpur Road of Bilaspur Railway Division of Chhattisgarh. It was to be delivered to Suratgarh Thermal Power Plant in Rajasthan. According to a railway official, it will take two more days to completely clear the track from the incident site. Many trains will be operated by the railways through a diverted route.
Routes of these trains were changed
- 12652 Nizamuddin-Madurai
- 12138 Firozpur – Chhatrapati Shivaji Express
- 12264 Nizamuddin – Pune
- 12650 Nizamuddin – Yesvantpur Express
- 18478 Yoga City Rishikesh – Puri Express
- 11450 D 16 New Delhi-Chennai
- 12908 Nizamuddin – Bandra Terminus
- 12926 Amritsar – Mumbai Central
- 12952 New Delhi – Mumbai Central
- 22182 Nizamuddin-Jabalpur