Workman special coach derails at Barog station

Tribune News Service

Solan, February 23

A coach of a workman special train deputed to transport water derailed at the Barog railway station at 11.05 am today, halting rail traffic on the Kalka-Shimla World heritage track.

Railway officials said that no one was injured as it did not carry any passenger and had a driver and a guard. A crane was rushed in from Kalka to remove the coach and it took five hours to restore rail traffic around 4 pm.

Two trains, including one going to Shimla from Kalka and another coming down from Shimla, have been halted. The 04516 down train, which took off from Shimla at 10.30 am was halted at Kandaghat at 12.45 pm for half an hour and further at Solan. The Up 04515 train en route to Kalka-Shimla was detained at Dharampur.