Second goods train derailment in Sikar district of Rajasthan in two days

More than 35 wagons of a Rewari-bound goods train derailed near the New Srimadhopur railway station in the Sikar district of Rajasthan on Wednesday morning.

According to GRP sources, the train from Phulera junction, 60 kms from Jaipur, was heading to Rewari in Haryana when all its three dozen wagons derailed blocking the busy rail route. The railway officials said the cause of the derailment was yet to be ascertained. However, according to an eye-witness account the loco driver’s attempt to save an ox on the tracks might have led to the accident.

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While no casualty has been reported in the incident, the schedule of a number of trains was disrupted with some trains being forced to divert to alternative routes and others running late.

Teams of railway technical staff have started working to clear the tracks.

Earlier on Tuesday, another goods train en route to Jaisalmer from Bikaner derailed near the Chani railway station in the Kolayat region.