Goods train derails at Nandikur
Padubidri: A goods train handling 50 wagons, transporting rice containers from Muktsar in Punjab to Maddur in Karnataka, derailed near Nadikur railway station near Padubidri on Sunday.
The Engine and two other compartments went off-the-track at Nandikur goods railway station. No casualties were reported.
“The compartments got derailed at the converging point of the tracks,” said Sudha Krishnamurthy, PRO, Konkan Railway Mangaluru Division.
The technical staff from Mangaluru and Udupi division of Konkan Railway restored the compartments after a 10-hour operation. The train moved further at 7 pm. The movement of other trains remained unaffected.