Karachi: Pakistan’s Rahman Baba Specific, en route from Karachi to Peshawar, was derailed at Drigh Highway Station when three of its coaches went off the observe, ARY Information reported.
The incident occurred on Monday because of a damaged coupler connecting the coaches.
No passengers have been harmed in the course of the derailment. Nonetheless, the mainline for trains travelling inland was blocked, inflicting disruptions to rail companies.
Railway authorities later confirmed that operations on the down observe resumed after a two-hour delay, with Pakistan Specific departing as the primary practice, as reported by ARY Information.
Delays continued on the uptrack, affecting a number of companies, together with Karakoram Specific and Enterprise Specific, as per ARY Information. Moreover, different trains similar to Allama Iqbal Specific and Millat Specific confronted delays starting from one to a few hours.
Earlier, three coaches of the Sir Syed Specific derailed close to Rohri railway station on September 13, inflicting the suspension of practice companies on uptrack. No casualties have been reported within the incident, as per ARY Information.
The accident occurred 1.5 kilometres earlier than reaching Rohri Railway Station. Sir Syed Specific was en route from Karachi to Rawalpindi.
The Pakistan-Iran rail companies have been additionally suspended after three bogies of a items practice derailed on July 20, 2024. The railways authorities had acknowledged that the practice service between Pakistan and Iran was suspended.
Lately the rail service to Iran was suspended after a practice derailed close to Dalbandin in Balochistan. The railway officers mentioned that three bogies of the freight practice went off the observe, ARY Information reported.
The practice was travelling from Taftan to Quetta when the incident occurred.
Final yr, the railway service between Pakistan and Iran was suspended after heavy rainfall within the space. The rail freight service from Quetta to Iran and Iran to Quetta later resumed. The railway observe was drowned below the rainwater, which suspended items practice service.
“A items practice carrying sulfur cargo from Iran was stopped halfway,” officers additional mentioned. “An Iran-bound practice from Quetta was additionally stopped at Dalbandin.”
The practice service between two neighbouring international locations used to stay suspended largely owing to poor railway infrastructure inflicting derailment a routine, in line with ARY Information.
