Nagpur News.
The rail traffic was partially restored on Narkhed-Nagpur section on Thursday evening after the workers opened up Nagpur-Narkhed route for easing out rail traffic which badly choked after 12 bogies of a Vishakhapatnam bound goods train derailed on this section badly on the intervening night of Wednesday. Following the accident, many trains were cancelled while all of the trains coming from and going towards New Delhi from Nagpur were diverted through other routes. No trains from and towards New Delhi came Nagpur till evening, causing a great deal of inconvenience to the passengers stranded at the railway station here.
Public Relation Officer Praveen D. Patil , Central Railway told Nagpur Today that the restoration works were going on at war footing level and one of the routes from Nagpur towards Narkhed has been made functional at 6 pm this evening. Meanwhile, the buses on local routes reportedly ran jam packed. Some of the operators reportedly charged double the fare from the helpless passengers.
The goods train carrying wheat grains was coming from Vidisha and approaching towards Vishakhapatnam, when it derailed between Sonkhamb and Kohli railway stations on Narkhed-Nagpur section at around 2.30 am.
The bogies fell on both the rail routes disrupting the rail traffic. The morning passenger trains from Nagpur towards Itarsi and those coming from there were all cancelled. Some of the trains coming from south direction and approaching towards Delhi were diverted from Ballarshah station to Itarsi via Badnera, Bhusawal and Khandwa. Similar few of the trains coming from Delhi were diverted from Itarsi to Ballarshah via Khandwa, Bhusawal and Badnera. None of the trains from this route arrived in Nagpur.
Divisional Railway Manager OP Singh had reached the spot along with senior officials taking up the restoration works.
More than 400 labourers have been involved in the works. Brake vans from Nagpur, Amla and Itarsi were rushed at the spot. In addition two cranes were also called from Nagpur and Itarsi.
Helplines have been provided for various stations
Nagpur – 0712- 2564343
Sewagram – 07152- 254798
Wardha – 07152- 254167
Ballarshah – 07172- 240501
Betul – 07141- 234930
Amla – 07147- 285106
Following trains were cancelled on Thursday
- 22112 Nagpur- Bhusawal Express
- 51829 Nagpur – Itarsi passenger
- 11203 Nagpur – Jaipur Express
- 51294 Amla-Nagpur passenger
Trains running from the diverted routes
Through Itarsi, Khandwa, Bhusawal, Badnera, Ballarshah
- 12724 New Delhi – Hyderabad Andra Pradesh Express
- 16032 Jammu Tawi – Chennai Andaman Express
- 12792 Patna – Secunderabad Express
- 12616 New Delhi – Chennai GT Express
- 12622 New Delhi – Chennai Tamilnadu Express
- 12722 H. Nizamuddin-Hyderabad/Vishakhapatman Dakshin Express
Through Narkhed, Badnera, Wardha, Ballarshah
- 12626 New Delhi – Thiruvananthpuram Kerala Express
- 12434 H. Nizamuddin – Chennai Rajdhani Express
- 12589 Gorakhpur – Secunderabad Express
- 12976 Jaipur – Mysore Express
- 12410 H. Nizamuddin – Raigad Gondwana Express
- 22694 H. Nizamuddin – Bangalore Rajdhani Express
