A major accident took place on the Agra-Delhi down rail route on Wednesday night. 25 coaches of a coal laden goods train going from Agra to Delhi derailed. Five of these coaches overturned and fell on the up route. This completely disrupted the rail track on both sides. More than a dozen trains on the up and down routes have been stopped here and there on the way. This incident took place between Vrindavan railway station and Aajai. The route of many trains has been changed.
A goods train loaded with coal was going from Agra to Delhi route on Wednesday night. Suddenly the goods train derailed between Vrindavan Railway Station and Aajai at 7.54 pm. 25 coaches of the goods train derailed. Five coaches have completely overturned.
Trains stopped at nearby stations
The railway administration stopped the Intercity train coming from Delhi to Agra at Chhata, while Mewar Express was also stopped at Chhata. Telangana Express was stopped at Kosikala Railway Station, UP Sampark Kranti, Kerala Express and Karnataka Express were stopped at Palwal Railway Station. Haridwar-Bandra Express was stopped at Faridabad.
Similarly, Sogarhia-New Delhi Express going from Agra to Delhi has been stopped at Mudesi, Kota-Udhampur Express at Jajampatti, Nandadevi at Bayana Railway Station. The route of many trains has been changed.
RPF Inspector Awadhesh Goswami has denied any conspiracy. He says that the engine and the front coaches are safe, so there is no suspicion of any conspiracy. Railway officials started arriving at the spot late at night.
List of affected trains
- 14211 (Agra Cantt – New Delhi) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 04496 (Palwal-Agra Cantt) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 04157 (Agra Cantt -Tundla) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 04289 (Tundla -Aligarh Jn) journey start date 19.09.24
- 04290 (Aligarh Jn -Tundla) journey start date 19.09.24
- 04156 (Tundla -Agra Cantt) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 04495 (Agra Cantt – Palwal) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 04419 (Mathura Jn -Ghaziabad) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 01901 (Idgah – Bharatpur) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 01902 (Bharatpur – Idgah) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 01907 (Idgah – Bharatpur) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 01908 (Bharatpur-Idgah) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 12280 (New Delhi-Veerangana Laxmibai Jhansi) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 12279 (Veerangana Laxmibai Jhansi – New Delhi) Date of commencement of journey 19.09.24
- 04171 (Mathura-Alwar) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 04172 (Alwar – Mathura) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 04173 (Mathura – Jaipur) Journey start date 19.09.24
- 04174 (Jaipur – Mathura) Journey start date 19.09.24
Route change
- 22942 (Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan – Indore) Journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Delhi Cantt-Rewari-Sawai Madhopur
- 12416 (New Delhi – Indore) journey start date 18.09.24 diverted via Delhi Cantt-Rewari-Sawai Madhopur
- 20806 (New Delhi – Visakhapatnam) journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Kosikala – Palwal – Ghaziabad – Mitawali – Etmadpur – Agra Cantt.
- 12626 (New Delhi – Thiruvananthapuram) journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Palwal-Ghaziabad-Mitawali-Etmadpur-Agra Cantt.
- 12920 (Shri Vaishno Dham Katra – Dr. Ambedkar Nagar) route changed for the start date of journey 18.09.24 via Ghaziabad-Mitawali-Etmadpur-Agra Cantt.
- 12622(New Delhi – Chennai) journey start date 18.09.24 diverted via Ghaziabad-Mitawali-Etmadpur-Agra Cantt
- 12472(Shri Vaishno Dham Katra-Bandra Terminus) journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Ghaziabad- Ghaziabad-Mitawali- Etmadpur-Agra Fort-Bayana
- 12912(Haridwar-Valsad) journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Ghaziabad-Mitawali-Etmadpur-Agra Fort-Bayana
- 12754 (Nizamuddin – Nanded) journey start date 18.09.24 diverted via Ghaziabad-Mitawali-Etmadpur-Agra Cantt.
- 12722(New Delhi – Hyderabad) journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Ghaziabad-Mitawali- Etmadpur -Agra Cantt
- 11842(Kurukshetra-Khajuraho) journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Ghaziabad-Mitawali-Etmadpur-Agra Cantt
- 12628(New Delhi -Bengaluru) journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Ghaziabad-Mitawali-Etmadpur-Agra Cantt.
- 19020(Haridwar-Bandra Terminus) journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Ghaziabad-Mitawali-Etmadpur-Agra Fort-Bayana
- 12156(Nizzamuddin-Rani Kamlapati) journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Ghaziabad-Mitawali-Etmadpur-Agra Cantt
- 12963 (Nizamuddin – Udaipur) route changed from journey start date 18.09.24 via Chhata – Palwal – Ghaziabad – Mitawali – Etmadpur – Agra Fort – Bayana
- 12724 (New Delhi – Hyderabad) journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Kosikala – Palwal – Ghaziabad – Mitawali – Etmadpur – Agra Cantt.
- 22692 (New Delhi – Bengaluru) journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Palwal-Ghaziabad-Mitawali-Etmadpur -Agra Cantt.
- 12448 (Nizamuddin – Manikpur) journey start date 18.09.24 route changed via Palwal-Ghaziabad-Mitawali-Etmadpur-Agra Cantt
Partial cancellation
- 04446 (Shakur Basti-Mathura Jn) journey start date 18.09.24 will come till Kosikala, train no. 04967 (Mathura-New Delhi) will leave from Kosikala on 19.09.24.
- 04420 (Ghaziabad-Mathura) journey start date 18.09.24 will reach Kosikala.
- 14212 (New Delhi-Agra Cantt) journey start date 18.09.24 cancelled at Chhata station itself.
