UP: 7 coaches of goods train derail between Ghaziabad-Moradabad section

Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 20 (ANI): At least seven coaches of a goods train derailed between Ghaziabad and Moradabad section in Uttar Pradesh, railway officials said on Saturday.

According to the officials, the goods train derailed in Amroha yard of UP’s Moradabad district. The timing of the incident is yet to be ascertained.

The officials said that the alternative route between Moradabad-Saharanpur-Meerut-Ghaziabad is open for train movement.

More details are awaited.

At least three people were killed and around 30 were injured after the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh express derailed near Gonda station between Motiganj and Jhilahi railway stations under the jurisdiction of the North Eastern Railway on July 18.

According to officials, 4-5 coaches from the front of the Dibrugarh Express derailed. Opposition leaders launched a scathing attack on the central government as they highlighted the deaths of 11 people in the collision of a goods train with the Sealdah-Agartala Kanchanjunga Express.