Train derailment near Delhi's Shivaji Bridge: No casualties as one coach goes off track; restoration work underway
Railway workers carry out restoration work after a passenger train derailed near Shivaji Bridge, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
NEW DELHI: One coach of an EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) train derailed near Shivaji Bridge in the capital on Thursday afternoon, officials said.
The incident occurred around 4.10 pm while the train was en route from
Ghaziabad
to Nizamuddin Railway Station.
No casualties or injuries have been reported.
'One coach of the train derailed, however, no injury to any person or damage to property has been reported. Police personnel, RPF staff, and railway authorities are present at the site,' a senior police officer said, quoted by PTI.
Railway officials confirmed that restoration work is currently underway at the site to resume normal operations. Workers could be seen on site carrying out the restoration work after the passenger train derailed.
'The remaining coaches have been removed from there. Only the derailed coach derailed is still at the site. Railway engineers are on-site working to resolve the issue,' the officer added.
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