A major rail disruption that hit Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district in the morning, when two goods trains derailed under South Eastern Railway’s Adra division, causing widespread cancellations and diversions of express trains. The incident occurred in the early hours between Chandil and Nimdih stations as the trains passed each other in opposite directions on a double-line section.

According to initial reports, a few wagons of one train derailed and collided with the middle portion of the other, leading to further derailments. No injuries were reported, but the accident halted train movement on both up and down tracks in the Chandil-Gunda Bihar section. Efforts are underway to restore services, said a South Eastern Railway official.

Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (Adra Division) Vikash Kumar confirmed the derailments severely impacted operations, with several express and passenger trains affected. Cancelled trains include the Howrah-Ranchi-Howrah Vande Bharat Express, Patna-Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express, Tatanagar-Buxar Express, Dhanbad-Tatanagar-Dhanbad Express, and Tatanagar-Katihar-Tatanagar Express. Three MEMU passenger trains, including Tata-Asansol and Tata-Hatia, were also cancelled.

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Diversions were implemented for major trains like the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, rerouted via Jharsuguda-Rourkela-Hatia-Bokaro, and the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Purushottam Express, diverted via Hijili-Modinagar-Adra-Gomoh. The LTT-Howrah Express, stranded between Chandil-Kandra, was short-terminated and rerouted via Tata-Kharagpur-Howrah.

Authorities are working to clear the tracks and resume normal operations as soon as possible, but the incident has caused significant delays for passengers across the region.

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