A goods train was derailed near Visakhapatnam on Sunday night by a truck that fell on it, as a result of which 6 expresses and 7 passenger trains were delayed.
A goods train was derailed near Visakhapatnam on Sunday night by a truck that fell on it, as a result of which 6 expresses and 7 passenger trains scheduled to depart from Vizag were delayed on Monday.
The accident damaged a kilometer of railway track, and the iron load in the freight carrier was scattered about the site of the accident. Efforts are on to repair the damaged track and train, and to gather the iron.
The passengers who were to board the delayed trains are stranded at the Visakhapatnam railway station, and dejectedly spoke to the media, informing the latter that the railway authorities had estimated that it would be nightfall by the time their trains could depart.
Some passengers were angered by the fact that the railway aithorities did not bother to inform them about the delay in the schedule, and that it was only when they approached the information desks after waiting for their trains for half an hour that they were told that the derailment had caused the delay.
However, the South Central Railway (SCR) later announced that the trains would resume movement by afternoon.
Vijayawada-Kakinada, Visakhapatnam-Rajahmundy and Visakhapatnam-Orissa passengers; and Simhadri, Badrachal and Janmabhoomi expresses, are among the delayed trains.