Derailed goods train in Gujarat creates traffic snarls

Four wagons of a double-decker goods train derailed in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district on Sunday evening, following which some trains were either rescheduled or short-terminated, Western Railway officials said.

The derailment of the goods train, which had left from Pipavav Port, took place at Dhola railway station yard under WR’s Bhavnagar division, a release said.

There was no report of any casualty in the incident, but six trains, including Bhavnagar-Bandra Express, will depart with a delay of two to three hours, while one train between Mahuva and Bhavnagar has been short terminated at Liliya Mota station in Amreli district, the release said.