Doon Express engine delinks, panic grips passengers

JAUNPUR (UP): The engine of the popular Doon Express train today got delinked from the coaches between Khetasarai and Jaunpur stations on the Varanasi-Faizabad section of the northern railways but fortunately it did not lead to any untoward happening.

The incident took place at about 1 pm when the engine got separated from the Howrah-Dehradun Express train near gate number 56 after the coupling suddenly broke, rail officials said here.

The Dehradun-bound train from Howrah (Kolkata) proceeded after an hour with the help of another engine.

The Doon Express, one of the two trains that connect Howrah and Dehradun, had derailed close to Zafarganj station near Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh in 2014, killing three and injuring six persons.

The freak incident this afternoon, however, triggered panic among the passengers as two train accidents have occurred in UP in recent days.

Fourteen coaches of the high-speed Utkal Express jumped the tracks on August 19 near Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar district, killing over 20 people and injuring 60.

In another accident, around 100 passengers were wounded when 10 coaches of the Kaifiyat Express derailed on August 23 in Auraiya district after crashing into a dumper on the tracks.