Chhattisgarh: 8 wagons, brake van of goods train derailed; no injuries
Eight wagons and the brake van of a goods train were derailed at Akaltara railway station of Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir-Champa district on Thursday, railway officials said.
No injuries were reported in the incident but the movement of trains on the Howrah-Mumbai up and down line was disrupted, they said.
A brake van is a coach from which the guard can apply the brakes.
The incident took place around 3 pm at Akaltara railway station yard on the Mumbai-Howrah route when the empty freight train was heading to Korba from Bilaspur, they said.
