Twelve wagons of the goods train carrying steel coils and iron rods derailed between Raghavapuram and Ramagundam on Tuesday night, SCR Chief Public Relations Officer A Sridhar told PTI.
No one was injured in the incident, he said.
The train was proceeding from Ballari in Karnataka towards Ghaziabad. It’s a triple line section and all the three lines got obstructed with damage to tracks, the official said.
Restoration works are underway and a temporary approach road was also being laid for deploying large cranes to the site, he said.
Owing to derailment of the goods train, 39 passenger trains were cancelled, seven were partially cancelled and 61 were diverted, he said. Seven trains were rescheduled, he said. Few other trains were also regulated.
Long distance trains were not cancelled and they were diverted to another route, the official said adding trains running within SCR zone were cancelled.
SCR General Manager Arun Kumar Jain and other senior officials were supervising the restoration works.
