Goods train derails at Uppariguda

Hyderabad: Around four coaches of the goods train between Kazipet and Sanathnagar got derailed at Uppariguda on the Malkajgiri circle on Friday. According to South Central officials, no casualties were reported. The reason for the derailment was not known.

The incident occurred when the train carrying coal reached the Uppariguda railway crossing and got derailed. The coal load fell off the railway tracks.

On receiving information, immediately the technical and medical teams and senior officials rushed to the spot, managed to detach the derailed coaches, and took up repair work. The incident disrupted the movement of trains on the busy route and services on the way to Secunderabad. It took the technical team around two hours to separate the affected coaches. An inquiry was ordered into the incident, said the senior officer.