Seven coaches of the Amritsar-bound 15707 Amrapali Express derailed between Katihar and Barauni in Bihar around 1 AM on Sunday. No casualties have been reported in the derailment that occurred at a place under Sonepur division of ECR.
Seven coaches of 15707 UP Katihar-Amritsar Express including one AC-2, one AC-3 and five sleeper coaches jumped the track in between Patraha and Gouchari around 1:14 AM, Chief Public Relations Officer of East Central Railway, Arvind Kumar Rajak said.
Rajak said the cause of derailment is under probe.
The effected coaches after the engine are A-1 of AC2, B-1 of AC3, and sleepers coaches S5, S6, S7,S8 and S9.
"Accident relief train has reached the spot. The train was running at a speed of 10-15 km per hour," said Railway PRO Anil Saxena.
Routes of nearly half-a-dozen trains including New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express, New Jalpaiguri-Danapur Capital Express and Anand Vihar-Jogvani Seemanchal have been diverted via Bhagalpur due to the derailment.
(With additional information from PTI)
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