Two coaches of Ajmer-bound train derail in Dhanbad
January 14th, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANSRanchi, Jan 14 (IANS) Two coaches of an Ajmer-bound express train derailed Saturday evening in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district, said a railway official.
“Two general coaches of the Kolkata-Ajmer Express derailed near a diamond crossing in Dhanbad district. The cause of the derailment is yet to be known,” Amrendra Das, public relations officer of the Dhanbad railway division told IANS over telephone.
He added that train services had been resumed on the track: “The train left for Ajmer after the derailed coaches were removed.”
Early this week, five people were killed when one coach of the Brahmaputra Express derailed after it hit a stationary goods train in Jharkhand’s Sahebganj district.
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