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"First goods train started from Manawala to Amritsar at 1416 hours," said Northern Railways spokesperson Deepak Kumar. This train will be followed by mail/express trains, he said.Senior Divisional Security Commissioner (Railways), Firozpur Division, S Sudharkar told , "Train services have resumed on the affected rail track (Joda Phatak). AMRITSAR: Over 40 hours after the accident in Amritsar in which 59 Dussehra revellers were mowed down by a train, protesters were cleared off the tracks and services resumed on Sunday afternoon, a railway spokesperson said.The railways got the clearance from local authorities at 12:30 pm, the spokesperson said. A goods train was allowed to run on this track. The Rapid Action Force is also present in the Joda Patak area, officials said.The district administration has said that out of 59 people who were mowed down by the speeding Jalandhar-Amritsar train Friday, 40 have been identified..