Coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express train after it derailed in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar on Saturday. Photo: PTIMuzaffarnagar: Trains passing through the Meerut line of the Northern Railway have been either cancelled or diverted till 6pm Sunday, in the wake of the tragic accident at Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh, a senior railway official said. “All services on Meerut line, on which the Khatauli falls, have been either cancelled or diverted through other routes till 6pm, as the tracks are yet to be cleared of mangled train coaches,” DRM of the Delhi Division, R N Singh said. Singh said the diverted trains would run through Shamli till the restoration work is over. The train suffered huge damage in the accident last evening at Khatauli, around 40 km from Muzaffarnagar, which Singh described as “very grave”.

Source: Mint August 20, 2017 03:33 UTC