Etawah / Major train accident near Bharthana, coal laden goods train overturned on Dedicated Freight Corridor

A major train accident took place in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. A coal-laden goods train overturned on the Dedicated Freight Corridor near Bharthana here. This is an incident after 11 o'clock. About 110 meters OHE line is broken. Traffic has not been affected as the incident happened on a goods train corridor.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 30, 2022, 02:46 PM
A major train accident took place in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. A coal-laden goods train overturned on the Dedicated Freight Corridor near Bharthana here. This is an incident after 11 o'clock. About 110 meters OHE line is broken. Traffic has not been affected as the incident happened on a goods train corridor.


It is being told that the goods train was going from Kanpur towards Delhi. There were more than 70 coaches in the goods train, many coaches derailed and overturned. According to the information received, there has been a major train accident on the railway track of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC). On Saturday morning, 10 coaches of a coal-laden goods train going from Kanpur to Delhi derailed. The accident happened near Bharthana in Etawah. Due to this, rail traffic on the DFC track has been disrupted.


Railway officials and employees from Tundla have also reached the spot as soon as the information is received. The boxes are being removed. Also, Accident Relief Train (ART) has been sent from Tundla Junction in Firozabad to the spot. Rescue work is being done on the spot. Railway officials are on the spot. The bogies were filled with coal, which has been scattered around. He is being removed.