Number of trains of Eastern Railway were diverted due to derailment of Sealdah-Ajmer Express
A number of mail and express trains of Eastern Railway were diverted through different routes today owing to derailment of 15 coaches of Sealdah-Ajmer Express near Rura station in Kanpur-Tundla section.
With both Up and Down lines having been blocked owing to the derailment, several trains to and from Howrah and Sealdah were diverted, Eastern Railway sources said in Kolkata.
Both 12313 Up Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express and 12301 Up Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express were diverted via Kanpur Central-Jhansi-Agra Cantonment-Palwal route, the sources said.
The 12308 Dn Jodhpur-Howrah Express has been diverted via Achhnera-Mathura-Kasganj-Kanpur Anwarganj-Kanpur Central, while 12260 Dn New Delhi-Sealdah Duronto Express was diverted via Khurja-Moradabad-Mughalsarai route.
The 12382 Dn Poorva Express, which left New Delhi yesterday, would run via Palwal, while 12312 Dn Kalka Mail of yesterday would travel towards Howrah via Moradabad.
ER has opened helpline numbers at important stations of the zonal railway to provide information to the relatives of the passengers travelling by the ill-fated Sealdah-Ajmer Express that met with the accident this morning.
The helpline numbers are -- Howrah: 10724, Sealdah: 033-23503535, 033-23503537, Asansol: 0341-2306131, 0341-2304614, Barddhaman: 0342-2662535, 0342-2550705, 0342-2662534, Raniganj: 0341-2444022, 0341- 2442630, Durgapur: 0343-2557251, 0343-2557253.