Five bogies detach from engine mishap averted

Kolkata | Sunday | 20th October, 2019

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Kolkata: A major accident was averted after five bogies of a goods train got detached from its engine in Birbhum on Sunday. According to sources, the incident took place when the goods train carrying stones was crossing Murarai's Rajgram industrial area around 12 noon. After uploading stones, when the goods train moved 10 km, five of its bogies got detached from the engine. There was no loss of life as there was no movement of other trains at that time," said a railway official. "For the convenience of the passengers, Eastern Railway maintains shuttle services between Sealdah -Madhyamgram and the same were also on between Barasat - Hasnabad and Bangaon..