Etawah:
Five boggies of a goods train today derailed in Auraiya district affecting rail traffic on Etawah-Kanpur section, a senior railway official said.
The incident occurred at Jhinjhak railway station this morning when five bogies of the goods train derailed, Assistant Station Manager R K Tripathi said.
Due to the incident, movement of trains was affected.
A few trains, including Shatabdi and Jodhpur Howarah Express were diverted, while others like Agra-Lucknow Intercity and Tundla-Kanpur passenger were cancelled, he said.
The incident comes a day after when a goods train hit the stationary Indore-Gwalior Intercity Express head-on in Madhya Pradesh after it overshot the signal amid heavy rains and poor visibility killing twenty three people and injuring 50 others.