Maligaon, December 8 (MExN): Running of trains over the Tinsukia – Namrup – Simaluguri mainline (single line) section has been blocked. This was due to derailment of goods laden train in the morning of December 8 between Naharkatiya and Duliajan station under Tinsukia division of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).
As a result of the derailment, a press release from CPRO informed the following trains have either been diverted via Simaluguri - Sibsagar Town – Dibrugah section or partially cancelled/cancelled as detailed below.
14056 Delhi-Dibrugarh Brahmaputa mail which started on 05.12.19 will be diverted via Simaluguri - Sibsagar Town – Dibrugah; 14056 Delhi-Dibrugarh Brahmaputa mail which started on 06.12.19 will be diverted via Simaluguri - Sibsagar Town – Dibrugah; 14055 Dibrugarh - Delhi Brahmaputa mail of 08.12.19 will be diverted via Dibrugah - Sibsagar Town – Simaluguri; 12423 Dibrugarh – New Delhi Rajdhani Express of 08.12.19 will be diverted via Dibrugah - Sibsagar Town – Simaluguri; 12424 New Delhi – Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express which started on 07.12.19 will be diverted via Simaluguri - Sibsagar Town – Dibrugah; 15930 Dibrugarh – Tambaram express of 08.12.19 will be diverted via Dibrugah - Sibsagar Town – Simaluguri; 15959 Howrah – Dibrugarh Kamrup Express which started on 07.12.19 will be diverted via Simaluguri - Sibsagar Town – Dibrugah; 15603 Guwahati- Ledo Intercity Express of 07.12.19 will be diverted via Simaluguri - Sibsagar Town – Dibrugah-Ledo; 15941 Jhajha -Dibrugarh express which started on 06.12.19 will be diverted via Simaluguri - Sibsagar Town – Dibrugah; 15909 Dibrugarh – Lalgarh Avadh Assam express of 08.12.19 will be diverted via Dibrugah - Sibsagar Town – Simaluguri; 15929 Tambaram – Dibrugarh Express which started on 05.12.19 will be diverted via Simaluguri - Sibsagar Town – Dibrugah; 15910 Lalgarh -Dibrugarh Avadh Assam express which started on 05.12.19 will be diverted via Simaluguri - Sibsagar Town – Dibrugah; 15604 Ledo – Guwahai Intercity express of 08.12.19 will be diverted via Ledo- Dibrugah - Sibsagar Town – Simaluguri; 15967 Rangiya- Dibrugarh Intercity express 08.12.19 will be diverted via Dibrugah - Sibsagar Town – Simaluguri; 15960 Dibrugarh – Howrah Kamrup express of 08.12.19 will be diverted via Dibrugah - Sibsagar Town – Simaluguri; 13282 Rajendranagar – New Tinsukia express of 07.12.19 will be diverted via Simaluguri - Sibsagar Town – Dibrugah -New Tinsukia; 55901 Lumding- Tinsukia passenger of 08.12.19 will remain partially cancelled between Mariani and Tinsukia; 55902 Tinsukia- Lumding passenger of 08.12.19 will start from Mariani and remain cancelled between Mariani and Tinsukia; 55914 Tinsukia – Jorhat Town passenger of 08.12.19 will remain cancel.
The release further informed that accident relief trains with crane are at the site from Tinsukia. Another relief train from Lumding will reach the site shortly to start track clearance work. Senior railway officials from Tinsukia division are already at site monitoring work, it added.