Overview

• On August 1 at around 4:20 pm two coaches of the Muzaffarpur–Sabarmati Jan Sadharan Express derailed near Bhaupur Yard between Kanpur and Tundla.
• The train’s sixth and seventh coaches came off the tracks while entering a loop line at slow speed, preventing any casualties.
• Officials reported that all passengers were unharmed and safely evacuated from the derailed coaches.
• The blockage disrupted services on the busy corridor, leading to cancellations and diversions of several trains.
• North Central Railway dispatched an Accident Relief Train along with rescue teams and has formed a high-level committee following initial findings that the train struck an object on the tracks.