Kaifiyat Express derailed near Kanpur, several trains diverted
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LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: Ten coaches of Kaifiyat Express coming to delhi were derailed early this morning after it collided with a dumper near Auraiya district in Uttar Pradesh; over 74 people have been injured. This is the second rail accident only days after 23 people were killed in another derailment in the state.
No casualty has been reported, so far. Principal Secretary Home, Arvind Kumar said, 74 people have been injured and they have been admitted to nearby hospitals. The bogies derailed following a collision of the train, coming from Azamgarh, with a dumper between Achhalda and Pata railway stations. Relief and rescue operations have been completed and the passengers have been brought to the Achhalda station for their onward journey. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said in a tweet that he is personally monitoring the situation.
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The train travelling from Azamgarh to Delhi collided with a dumper at a crossing between Acahlada and Pata villages at around 2:50 am, derailing several coaches, a senior police official said.
North Central Railway (NCR) administration has diverted a number of Up and Down line trains following derailment of 12225 Azamgarh-Delhi Kaifiat Express train at Pata-Achalda railway station on Kanpur-Etawah section of North Central railway.
Here is the list of diverted trains:
The 12565 Darbhanga-New Delhi Bihar Sampark Kranti Express diverted to run via Moradabad.
The 14863 Varanasi-Jodhpur Marudhar Express diverted to run via Kasganj-Mathura Jn.
The 12595 Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Humsafar Express diverted to run via Kanpur-Jhansi-Palwal.
The 12393 Rajender Nagar- New Delhi Sampuran Kranti Express diverted to run via Jhansi-Agra-Palwal.
The 12309 Rajender Nagar- New Delhi Rajdhani Express diverted to run via Kanpur-Lucknow-Moradabad-Ghaziabad.
The 12581 Manduadih- New Delhi Express diverted to run via Jhansi-Agra-Palwal.
The 12301 Howrah- New Delhi Rajdhani Express diverted to run via Lucknow-Moradabad-Ghaziabad.
The 12313 Sealdah Rajender Nagar- New Delhi Rajdhani Express diverted to run via Lucknow-Moradabad-Ghaziabad.
The 122823 Bhuvaneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express diverted to run via Lucknow-Moradabad-Ghaziabad.
The 122405 Bhagalpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express diverted to run via Lucknow-Moradabad-Ghaziabad.
The 12329 Sealdah – New Delhi Sampark Kranti Express diverted to run via Jhansi-Agra-Mitawali-Ghaziabad.
The 12877 Ranchi-New Delhi Garib Rath Express diverted to run via Jhansi-Agra-Mitawali-Ghaziabad.
The 12401 Islampur-New Delhi Magadh Express diverted to run via Jhansi-Agra.
The 13007 Howrah-Sriganganagar Toofan Express diverted to run via Jhansi-Agra.
The 12275 Allahabad- New Delhi Duronto Express diverted to run via Kanpur-Lucknow-Moradabad-Ghaziabad.
The 12559 Manduvadih-New Delhi Shiv Ganga Express diverted to run via Kanpur-Lucknow-Moradabad-Ghaziabad.
The 12303 Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express diverted to run via Kanpur-Lucknow-Moradabad-Ghaziabad.
The 22433 Ghazipur City-Anand Vihar Terminal Express diverted to run via Kanpur-Farukhabad-Sikohabad-Tundla.
The 12367 Bhgalpur -Anand Vihar Terminal Vikramshila Express diverted to run via Kanpur-Lucknow-Moradabad-Ghaziabad.
The 12802 New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express diverted to run via Tundla-Agra-Jhansi-Kanpur.
The 19039 Bandra Terminus-Muzaffarpur Avadh Express diverted to run via Sikohabad-Farukhabad-Kanpur.
The 12582 New Delhi-Manduadih Express diverted to run via Tundla-Agra-Jhansi-Allahabad.
The 12874 Anand Vihar Terminal-Hatia S.J. Express diverted to run via Agra-Jahnsi-Manikpur.
The 12556 Hissar-Gorakhpur Gorakhdham Express diverted to run via Tundla-Agra-Jhansi-Kanpur.
The 13484 Delhi- Malda Town Farakka Express diverted to run via Tundla-Agra-Jhansi-Kanpur.
The 14164 Meerut-Allahabad Sangam diverted to run via Tundla-Agra-Jhansi-Allahabad.
The 14218 Chandigarh-Allahabad Unchahar Express diverted to run via Tundla-Agra-Jhansi-Kanpur.
The 12350 New Delhi-Bhagapur Express diverted to run via Tundla-Agra-Jhansi-Manikpur-Mughul Sarai.
The 12452 New Delhi-Kanpur Sharam Shakti Express diverted to run via Sikohabad-Farukhabad-Kanpur.
The 12562 New Delhi-Jayanagar S.Senani Express diverted to run via Tundla-Agra-Jhansi-Kanpur.
The 18102 Jammu Tawi-Tatanagar Muri Express diverted to run via Palwal-Jahnsi-Kanpur.
The 12312 Kalka-Howrah Kalka Mail diverted to run via Palwal-Jahnsi-Kanpur.
The 12826 New Delhi-Ranchi Jharkhand Express Journey Commencing on 23.8.2017 diverted to run via Palwal-Jahnsi-Kanpur.
The 12816 New Delhi-Puri Nandan Kanya Journey Commencing on 23.8.2017 diverted to run via Palwal-Jahnsi-Kanpur.
The 12004 New Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi Express Journey Commencing on 23.8.2017 diverted to run via Ghaziabad-Moradabad.
The 12488 Anand Vihar Terminal-Jogbai Seemmachal Express. Journey Commencing on 23.8.2017 diverted to run via Ghaziabad-Moradabad.
The 12308 Jodhpur-Howrah Express diverted to run via Mathura-Kasganj-Farukhabad-Kanpur.
The 13240 Kota-Patna Express diverted to run via Mathura-Kasganj-Farukhabad-Kanpur.