Derailment on WR’s Vadodara division; train services affected

RailPost Bureau

November 8, 2019

A goods train derailed on Friday between Samalaya and Pilol stations in Vadodara Division of Western Railway (WR). The incident occurred on the UP line at 09.19 hrs throwing rail traffic off track.

WR started running express train on the DOWN line and goods trains via Anand – Godhra section.

 An accident relief train was dispatched immediately while an accident special train was sent from Mumbai Central station at 11.00 hrs for Vadodara.

The broken axle wagon was moved with the support of rail skate & clearing section.

Train services were affected due to the derailment. The details are as under

A] Trains Cancelled of 8^th November, 2019 (Total 14 trains)

• Train No. 69126 Godhra – Anand MEMU
• Train No. 69135 Anand – Dakor MEMU
• Train No. 69136 Dakor – Anand MEMU
• Train No. 69125 Anand – Godhra MEMU
• Train No. 69190 Dahod – Anand MEMU
• Train No. 69191 Anand – Gandhinagar Capital MEMU
• Train No. 69118 Dahod – Vadodara MEMU
• Train No. 69121 Vadodara – Godhra MEMU
• Train No. 69119 Vadodara – Dahod MEMU
• Train No. 69187 Dahod – Ratlam MEMU
• Train No. 69188 Ratlam – Dahod MEMU
• Train No. 69117 Vadodara – Dahod MEMU
• Train No. 69147 Anand-Godhra MEMU
• Train No. 69148 Godhra-Anand MEMU

B] Trains Cancelled of 9^th November, 2019 (Total 3 trains)

• Train No. 69192 Gandhinagar Capital – Anand MEMU
• Train No. 69189 Anand – Dahod MEMU
• Train No. 69120 Dahod – Vadodara MEMU

C] Partially Cancelled (Total 4 trains)

• Train No. 12929 Valsad – Dahod Superfast Express of 8^th November, 2019 has been partially cancelled between Vadodara and Dahod.
• Train No. 12930 Dahod – Valsad Superfast Express of 8^th November, 2019 has been partially cancelled between Dahod and Vadodara.
• Train No. 82925 Bandra Terminus – Gorakhpur Suvidha Special of 8^th November, 2019 has been partially cancelled between Vadodara – Samlaya – Godhra and diverted via Vadodara – Bajva – Anand – Dakor – Vavadi Khurd – Godhra.
• ·        Train No. 19020 Dehradun – Bandra Terminus Dehradun Express of 6^th November, 2019 has been partially cancelled between Godhra – Samlaya – Vadodara and diverted via Godhra – Dakor – Anand – Bajva.

D] Trains Diverted (Total 4 trains)

• Train No. 22444 Bandra Terminus – Kanpur Central Express of 7^th November, 2019 has been diverted via Vadodara – Anand – Godhra.
• Train No.15045 Gorakhpur-Okha Express of 7^th November,2019 has been diverted via Godhra-Anand.
• Train No.15668 Kamakhya-Gandhidham Express of 6^th November,2019 has been diverted via Godhra-Anand.

• Train No.12471 Bnadra-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Swaraj  Express has been diverted via Anand-Godhra.

The track was deemed fit at 17.50 hrs with speed restrictions of 10 kmph. The first Mail/Express train on this track will pass around at 21.00 hrs.