The electric engine shunting a goods train at Manikpur railway station in Chitrakoot suddenly had a brake failure and was derailed and stopped

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A rail accident was averted in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh. The electric engine shunting a goods train at Manikpur railway station here suddenly failed its brakes. The train was unable to stop due to the failure of the brakes of the goods train engine. The engine which failed due to brake failure was stopped by derailing it. The driver of the goods train did not suffer any kind of injury in this accident.

The engine of the goods train was electric, due to which no major accident occurred. This incident happened on Saturday, when the engine of the goods train was going from Manikpur railway junction station towards the outer of Prayagraj while shunting. During this, when the driver of the goods train applied brakes to the engine, it was found that the brakes had failed. The goods train was stopped by sinking it into the ground for about 15 feet ahead.

Two coaches of Indore-Jabalpur Express derailed

Meanwhile, two coaches of Indore-Jabalpur Express derailed near Jabalpur railway station in Madhya Pradesh. No passenger was injured in the accident that took place at around 5:40 am on Saturday. Jabalpur station falls under West-Central Railway (WCR) area. The official said that two coaches of Indore-Jabalpur Superfast Express number- 22191 derailed when the train was approaching platform number- 6 of Jabalpur station. The derailed coaches were just behind the engine. The derailment incident took place at a distance of about 50 meters from the platform.

Madhur Verma, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (DCM) of Jabalpur Railway Division of West-Central Railway, said that the scheduled arrival time of the train was 5:35 am. The accident took place at 5:38 am, when the train was about to enter Jabalpur station. The loco pilot immediately stopped the train and saved other coaches from derailment. He said that two coaches adjacent to the engine derailed, but fortunately no passenger was injured in the incident. He said that after the accident, the passengers got off the train and traffic on the nearby tracks was stopped for about half an hour.