Vadodara (Guj): Rail traffic between Mumbai
and Delhi was affected tonight as a goods train was stranded
following a fire in its engine on the Golden Bridge across
Narmada river at Bharuch, about 90 km from here.
Several trains, including the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani and
the August Kranti Express, were halted at various stations
after the train remained stranded on the over hundred-year-old
bridge following the fire around 8.15 pm, a spokesperson of
the Vadodara division of Western Railway said.
The engine fire destroyed the electric wires and
replacement work was going on, he said, adding that the goods
train has now been brought to a place nearby the railway
station at Bharuch.
Efforts are on to restore rail traffic on the down line.
Traffic on the up line, which was stopped for more than
two-and-half hours due to the incident, has been restored, he
said.
Nobody was injured in the incident. The goods train
carrying fertilisers was on its way to Bhusaval from
Gandhidham.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 00:27