Bihar train accident: Engine taking North East Express coaches to loop line derails

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Two days after the Delhi-Kamakhya North East Express derailed, a train engine taking the coaches of the superfast train to the loop line derailed at Raghunathpur station in Bihar's Buxar district on Friday...

On Wednesday, four people were killed and several people were injured after 23 coaches of the North East Express, on the way to Assam's Kamakhya from Delhi's Anand Vihar Terminal, derailed near Raghunathpur railway station around 9:53 pm...

Both up and down railway tracks at the site of the derailment of the North East Express at Buxar were restored on Friday and Patna-Deen Dayal Upadhyay Express was the first train to ply on the Delhi-bound up line, a senior railway official said...

The up line was restored at 8:10 am and the train crossed the site at 10:09 am on Friday, two days after the accident, under the supervision of senior railway officials, the Eastern railway official said.. Limited movement of trains were being allowed on the two tracks under the supervision of senior railway officers, Eastern Railway chief public relations officer Birendra Kumar said.. "Normal movement of trains will be allowed on this route in a day or two ....

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