Tuesday in MIANWALI, four cars of the Thal Express train destined for Multan derailed near the local train station; however, no one was injured.
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According to railway sources, as the passenger train slowed down before accessing the station’s platform, its final four passenger-laden bogies derailed.
The locomotive engineer applied the train’s brakes and brought the train to a stop upon recognizing the predicament.
Fortunately, none of the derailed cars overturned, and no passengers were injured.
Following the incident, the track was closed to rail traffic and a crane from the Kundian Railway junction was brought in to remove it.
Prior to the submission of this report, the track-clearing operation was ongoing.
This writer was informed by a railway official that the disaster occurred due to the need to replace the ageing railway track.