Two coaches of an empty train returning from Uttar Pradesh to Jharkhand after dropping the security forces for upcoming elections derailed near Paharpur railway station of Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway, about 190 km from Dhanbad at around 4.30 am this morning disrupting the train services on Dhanbad Gaya section of Howrah New Delhi railway line for more than six hours.
The normal traffic in the section, however, resumed at around 11.15 am after the completion of repair work carried out by a railway team which reached immediately after the incident from Gomoh.
Notably, the fifth and sixth coaches of the train numbering EcOR 164379 and ER 102527 respectively derailed in the yard of Paharpur railway station while the train was coming from loop line to down line.
