Three trains were cancelled and around ten diverted after the mishap
Picture for representational purpose. (Photo: File / PTI)
Panaji: A goods train derailed on Konkan Railway route near Ukashi station in Maharashtra on Monday morning, disrupting rail traffic. Four to five bogies of the goods train derailed in the tunnel near Ukashi railway station, between Sangameshwar and Nivsar around 8.15 AM, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited’s (KRCL) Public Relation Manager Baban Ghatge said, adding no one was injured.
Three trains were cancelled and around ten diverted after the mishap. Ukashi is about 19 kms away from Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra. The work for restoration of the track is underway on war footing.
According to initial estimates, it may take more than 10 hours to restore it as the derailed section is inside the tunnel, official sources said. Following the derailment, the KRCL cancelled three trains including Mandovi Express and Konkan Kanya, which were supposed to head towards Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) from Margao.
The Thiruvananthapuram Netravati Express leaving from Mumbai CST, Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthpuram Rajdhani Express leaving from Delhi, and LTT-Kochuveli (near Thiruvananthapuram) Garib Rath Express leaving from Mumbai were among the trains diverted.
( Source : PTI )
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