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Ludhiana, Oct 4 (PTI) Three passengers were injured as 10
coaches of the Jammu Tawi-Pune Jhelum Express derailed near
Satluj River in Jalandhar district early today.
The Pune-bound train derailed at 3:10 AM between Phillaur
and Ladhowal stations of Jalandhar-Ludhiana section of
Ferozepur division of Northern Railway.
Railway traffic on the Ludhiana-Jalandhar section of
Delhi Jalandhar route which also connects to Amritsar and
Jammu has been disrupted with seven trains cancelled and some
others diverted, railways said.
"Ten coaches of Jhelum Express derailed between Phillaur
and Ladhowal," Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Ferozepur Anuj
Prakash said today.
Ten coaches of the 11078 Jammu Tawi-Pune Jhelum Express
which derailed include one pantry, a 3-Tier AC compartment
(B-5) and and eight Sleeper (SLR) class compartments (S1 to
S8), the official said.
Prakash said the train was coming from Jammu and going
towards Pune when the derailment took place.
Three passengers were injured and have been rushed to a
nearby hospital at Ludhiana.
With police, railway and senior officials of the
administration rushing to the spot, rescue operation was in
progress at the derailment spot, police said, adding the cause
of the derailment is yet to be ascertained, police said.
Railway officials said the medical van and Accident
Relief Train have reached the derailment site.
Divisional Railway Manager, Ferozepur, along with a team
of senior officers has reached the spot while General Manager
Northern Railway A.K. Puthia has proceeded for the site,
officials said.
Officials said the front intact portion of the Jhelum
Express, which is the engine and 8 coaches, have been moved to
the next station after accommodating all the passengers for
arranging their onward journey.
The rear six unaffected coaches have been moved to
Phillaur, they said, adding that buses were being arranged
for passengers willing to continue their journey by bus.
Seven trains have been cancelled which include 14038
Pathankot-Delhi Express, 12498 Amritsar New Delhi
Shan-e-Punjab Express, 14682 Jalandhar-New Delhi Intercity,
12460 Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity, 12054 Amritsar-Haridwar
Janshatabdi and 12242 Amritsar-Chandigarh Superfast, officials
said.
Besides some trains are being short terminated at
various stations, including Ambala and Dhuri and a few are
being run via diverted routes including Ferozepur and
Bhatinda.
Trains to be run on diverted routes include Ajmer Jammu
Tawi Express, Delhi Udhampur Express, Mumbai Central Amritsar
Frontier Mail, Indore Jammu Tawi Express, Amritsar Nanded
Super Fast and Chennai Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Express.
Helpline numbers have been set up by railways in Jammu,
Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Delhi, Amritsar and Pathankot.-