1,006 of around 1,500 passengers of derailed North East Express travelling in relief train

A total of 1,006 people were travelling in the relief train to reach their destinations after the North East Express derailed in Bihar’s Buxar district, a senior railway official said in Guwahati on Thursday.

Around 1,500 passengers were in the North East Express when it started its 33-hour-long journey from Delhi’s Anand Vihar station for Khamakhya in Assam’s Guwahati on Wednesday morning, he said.

After the accident on Wednesday night, a total of 1,006 passengers boarded a relief train at Danapur to reach their destinations in Bihar, West Bengal and Assam, he added.