Six coaches of the Kolkata-Sairang Express derailed at Digaru railway station in Assam’s Kamrup (Metro) district at around 6.54 am on Wednesday, with several passengers reportedly injured. The Northeast Frontier Railway said no casualties had been reported so far, while the number and severity of injuries had not yet been confirmed.
Kapinjal Kishore Sharma, Chief Public Relations Officer of the Northeast Frontier Railway, confirmed the derailment to news agency ANI. Sharma said six coaches had gone off the tracks at Digaru station and that senior railway officials had rushed to the site.
“Six coaches of the Kolkata-Sairang Express derailed at Digaru railway station at around 6.54 am today. So far, no casualties have been reported. Our senior officials have rushed to the spot,” Sharma said, according to the report.
Railway authorities were assessing the situation at the station following the incident. The derailment prompted officials to reach the location and begin examining the circumstances surrounding the coaches leaving the tracks.
The incident occurred on a train service connecting Kolkata with Sairang, and the derailment has raised immediate questions about passenger safety and railway operations along the route. However, the supplied information does not establish whether train services were disrupted, whether restoration work had begun or how many passengers required medical attention.
The cause of the derailment was not immediately known. Northeast Frontier Railway officials were expected to assess the site and establish what led to the six coaches going off the tracks. Further details on the injured passengers, operational disruption and restoration arrangements were awaited.
