Sukkur Express derails near Kotril Railway Station

All passengers remain safe in incident; track cleared in five hours

HYDERABAD:

Three bogies of Sukkur Express derailed near Kotri Railway Station in Jamshoro district on Tuesday, suspending railway traffic passing through Hyderabad and Jamshoro for around 10 hours.

The train was heading to Karachi from Sukkur. The bogies derailed at a curved track after passing through Baba Nathu Shah Railway crossing. Fortunately, all passengers remained unscathed. The uptrack was cleared in around five hours while it took double the time to clear the downtrack on which the derailment occurred. Executive Engineer Amjadullah said a technical team from Karachi has visited the track, adding that the team will explain the exact cause of the incident in its report.