Over 50 trains diverted/ cancelled due to derailment of Kaifiyat Express in UP

Allahabad, Aug 23: Over 50 long distance and passengers trains have been either diverted or cancelled due to the derailment of the Kaifiyat Express in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh, disrupting the rail services between Kanpur and Delhi this morning. According to North Central Railway (NCR) spokesman Amit Malaviya, "A medical relief train was rushed to the site of the mishap from Tundla, while a Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) rake was sent from Shikohabad to evacuate the passengers onboard the Kaifiyat Express". All passengers were evacuated and the stranded passengers left the site by 0850 hrs for their onward journey to Delhi. "A number of trains have been cancelled following derailment of Kaifiyat Express. These include the Kanpur-New Delhi Shatabdi Express, the Lucknow-Agra Cantt Intercity Express, the Lucknow-New Delhi Gomti Express and all passenger trains running on the Kanpur-Tundla section", he said. "New Delhi-bound Rajdhani trains originating from Howrah, Rajendra Nagar (Patna), Sealdah and Bhubaneswar, besides the Garibrath from Ranchi, have been diverted through Lucknow-Moradabad", he said while adding that New Delhi-Lucknow Shatabadi Express was also diverted through Moradabad-Bareilly route. In addition, more than 40 trains scheduled to run through the Kanpur-Tundla route have been diverted through Moradabad route, he said. Eight coaches of the Delhi-bound Kaifiyat Express derailed at around 0245 hours today when it hit a loader which had fell on the tracks. Around 74 passengers were injured. UNI