A loud sound near Digaru station in Assam, passengers jolted from their sleep, repeated falls inside the coach, doors that would not open, and anxious moments before the train finally came to a halt.
As the train approached Digaru station, it slowed slightly. Moments after crossing the platform, passengers heard an unusual sound. Everything was fine till Guwahati, the train halted there. It resumed the journey from there. The speed was good. When the train arrived at Digaru Station, it slowed down a little. When it crossed the platform at the station, a sound was heard. We don’t know what that sound was. The sudden movement inside the coach caused panic among passengers, with many struggling to understand what had happened as the train kept moving.
He said, “We were asleep around 5:00 am today.
Recounting the incident, the train’s pantry car manager said passengers were asleep when the derailment occurred. The journey had been smooth until the train left Guwahati after a halt there, according to the pantry car manager. He said the engine appeared to derail just a few metres later, but the train continued moving for nearly a kilometre before eventually stopping. A spokesperson of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said there were no immediate reports of fatalities or injuries. “All passengers are safe and no injuries to anyone,” the spokesperson said. The derailment occurred when the train was being received at Digaru station and the loco pilot gave precedence to another train but could not control the speed, according to the NFR spokesperson. “This resulted in an unfortunate incident of derailment, in which the locomotive along with 5 coaches derailed,” the spokesperson said. some eyewitnesses claimed that several people were injured While railway officials said there were no reports of injuries.
Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the state government was working closely with the Ministry of Railways following the derailment of the Kolkata-Sairang Express.
